One of the top benefits of mulching leaves is that it creates brown or carbon-rich materials as the leaves ... so if you have a heavy leaf fall, consider a mix of mulching and raking to collect ...

Here are other fall garden tasks you should be doing now. Leaf mold is a dark, crumbly material that results from ... Yes, some leaves are better than others. Oak and beech leaves are excellent ...

Everyone has their favorite season, and mine is fall (except for the fact ... tuck themselves into a pile of leaves for protection from cold weather and predators. Red-banded hairstreaks lay their ...

For those of you who aren’t aware that live oak ... leaves. The most desirable choice to me is to leave them to decompose on the lawn where they provide nutrients and organic material for ...

What’s the deal with trees that don’t drop their leaves in the fall? Oak tree leaf loss — specifically with white, pin, English and red oaks — has its own fall leaf story to tell.

Red-banded hairstreaks lay their eggs on fallen oak leaves. Swallowtail butterflies disguise their cocoons and chrysalis as dried leaves, blending in with the real leaves.” Barton suggests ...

There are some people who clean up the leaves on a schedule every week. Then there are others who sit back allowing all the leaves to fall and clean ... returning organic material to the soil.

Oak galls are popping up everywhere this fall! They're the tiny, fuzzy yellow or brown balls on oak leaves and branches. You could spot one or two, then dozens around the same tree. Oak galls are ...