Two weekends, three mornings, part of one afternoon, 500 bags of leaves. [View all]

[Denninmi]

Bear with me for being a bit weird here, but the best way I can explain my feelings about gathering hundreds and hundreds of bags of leaves is to quote the lyrics from a Black Eyed Peas song:

Boy I think about it every night, and day
I'm addicted, want to jump inside your love
I wouldn't want to have it any other way
I'm addicted, and I just can't get enough

Except, its not love, it's leaves. I can't get enough. Mulching down EVERYTHING I can possibly mulch.

It saves a TON of work later. And it makes a big difference during drought.

And, of course, it's free (well, except for the gas) compost and fertilizer.

There is even the random bonus of free plants buried in there -- in this round, I got a sedum, 5 golden barberries, a bunch of mystery daylilies.

And, of course, I'm not going to run out of lawn and leaf bags for this spring and summers pruning any time soon!