General Discussion & Chat: Xmas bonus, 1 by shakemh

shakemh wrote:
Magpye

Winter is here. Temperature dropped to 10 degrees F. last night. Some snow the night before. Colder than a ... well, pretty cold – especially with winds getting up to 30 knots – well below zero freezing wind chill factor. Wish I had put up all of my outside Xmas paraphernalia before now. For example, I waited till the last minute to dress up the Alien. He/she’s a piece of driftwood I have standing at the end of the street. (See photo below).

At any rate (not to beat a frozen carcass to death), I mulch all my woody plants with leaves vacuumed up from grass areas then passed through a shredder, ending up with 5-6 cubic yards that I allow to decompose in place -- the greatest no fuss and natural way to build humus..