Episode 4: Why You Should Leave Your Leaves

The Growing Space Podcast

You want to know a little secret for the best free thing you can do to support your growing space? Leave your leaves! Or collect your leaves for a beneficial use. In today's episode, we are going to talk about the amazing things leaves do for us, for our plants, for ecosystem as they fall in the fall, why you should leave your leaves underneath the trees, why you should leave them in your yard... I know, I know your HOA is going to have a field day with this one, y'all... But just give it a listen, keep an open mind. And if you can't leave your leaves where they fall, then maybe you can consider some other tips and some other uses for those beautiful, magical, morsels that fall from the trees. We're going to have a leaf party!

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Articles from the National Wildlife Federation and the North Carolina Wildlife Episode mentioned in today's episode...

https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2015/OctNov/Gardening/Leave-the-Leaves

https://www.nwf.org/Home/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2020/Dec-Jan/Gardening/Winter-Yards https://ncwf.org/blog/leave-the-leaves/
-- Want to test your soil at home? Here's a link to a great, easy-to-use soil test kit - https://amzn.to/3QkPO5L -- Want to send off a soil sample to your Cooperative Extension office? Here's a link to find the land grant university / universities in your state which are home to Cooperative Extension - https://www.nifa.usda.gov/about-nifa/how-we-work/partnerships/land-grant-colleges-universities