leaves

[kopend]

is it best to leave - leaves in the garden

or to thro them away

[honky-tonk]

Bag them up in black bin bags give them a water and puncture some holes into the bag, tie up. 12 months time you have composted soil that you can put on boarders or use for potting up plants.

[237SJ]

You could leave them all over the lawn (an approach I adopt because I`m too lazy to collect them up). You could pile them at the end of the garden and see how many rats nests you can count. I think it is best to dispose of them at your local recycling centre.

[agardner09]

I would usually collect the leaves and store them in black plastic bags as honky-tonk suggests or a bin of some sort as in compost. They say you are always no more than 10 feet away from a rat anyway so 237SJ's laissez faire idea is ok too. One last thought I heard on the local radio the other day that RHS Rosemoor are experimenting with leaves as a mulch for their flower beds. Whatever suits you so long as you dont waste them they are a soil conditioner especially if your garden tends to be clay soil.

[AlBags]

As you do not know what to do with them .. I assume you know little about gardening. If you want grass next year, rake them up and stick in the green/brown bin.

[Whoever]

Don't get rid of them. They will form a valuable soil conditioner once they've rotted down. Put them in a black plastic bag, pour water on them to let them get really wet then jab a few holes in the bag so the moisture can drain away. In time they will rot down to make valuable leaf mould.