Nature’s
compost pile, little by little producing a mineral rich top soil designed to
feed the plants and trees around them with what once hung above them.
But that’s not all there is to the story. A giant loop is represented in those leaves around your feet. The leaves you see have within them minerals placed there by the roots of the tree. Those minerals removed by the roots, and brought to the surface, are being replaced by the composting of the leaves that have fallen many many years ago. For over the centuries and millenniums leaves have been growing and leaves have been falling.
What
does this have to do with you?
Well,
you’ve got a garden, and you’ll soon have a rake in your hand. You have a body
that needs minerals: and you’ve got a tree full of leaves that have been
nourished with what the roots have been sending them all season long. So,
instead of bagging them up and sending them all off to the landfill, why not
put some of them on your garden; about 4 to 6 inches should do it.
They should be tilled in right away
so the decomposing process can be well underway before planting season next
year. And when you till up the soil next spring for planting you may need to
add a little nitrogen to finish up the rotting process, for decomposing locks
up the nitrogen until it is complete.
I tell
ya, who needs a “One a day” when you have a tree in your backyard.
If you have any questions
feel free to e-mail me at NiemeyerLandscaping@Gmail.com or post a comment on this Blog. Like us on Facebook at
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