It's a double-edged sword, a blessing and a curse. Leaf season is a multi-faceted touchstone for gardeners and homeowners across the region. As a homeowner who lives in Louisville’s Highlands ...

If you have leaves accumulating on your lawn and in the garden, instead of raking them up into piles and putting them in bags to set on the curb, may we suggest composting them. Leaves are full of ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! I see many homeowners cleaning up leaves this fall around the valley. Why not gather these leaves to make leaf mold, a valuable compost? This week I want ...

If you walk much in the Seattle area, you may notice an occasional sweet smell this time of year. Some say it’s like cotton candy or caramel. This fragrant aroma comes from the fallen leaves of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – Piles and piles of leaves fall each autumn. The City of Indianapolis collects them but what do they do with all those leaves? "So our leaves are actually taken to the south side ...

NORTH HAVEN — First Selectman Michael J. Freda has announced that North Haven’s Department of Public Works is currently offering finished leaf compost materials to residents for the first time and at ...

Trees drop leaves to cycle nutrients back into the soil. Of course, we can sabotage this by bagging them up and sending them away! Even more ironic, we often then go buy fertilizers to add nutrients ...

A Swedish study underscores winter soil care: leave leaf litter, compost scraps, and test soil now to keep microbes active ...