I have a couple compost bins as well, but have been doing a leaf corral the past couple years to make leaf mold. I find the leaf mold works amazing as a top dressing on plants to lock in moisture and prevent weeds.
I have been doing the same for years. In the fall I rake up the leaves and put them in the chicken wire bin over winter. I then add them into my compost bin in the spring alternating it with lawn cuttings, kitchen waste etc. By the end of summer they have all been incorporated into the compost bins and by fall there is usually one side ready for use
vegan-the-dog
I pile leaves 8-12″ deep on my garlic in fall for mulch after dressing with compost and don’t water it at all. Every year is a great harvest.
secretbaldspot
I usually use the leaves as browns in compost.
I do have a third mostly unused compost bin. Do you think I could use that for leaf mold? Just fill it jam packed with leaves right?
Fall coming here in a couple weeks I need to have a strategy lol
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I have been doing the same for years. In the fall I rake up the leaves and put them in the chicken wire bin over winter. I then add them into my compost bin in the spring alternating it with lawn cuttings, kitchen waste etc. By the end of summer they have all been incorporated into the compost bins and by fall there is usually one side ready for use
I pile leaves 8-12″ deep on my garlic in fall for mulch after dressing with compost and don’t water it at all. Every year is a great harvest.
I usually use the leaves as browns in compost.
I do have a third mostly unused compost bin. Do you think I could use that for leaf mold? Just fill it jam packed with leaves right?
Fall coming here in a couple weeks I need to have a strategy lol