Good morning. Leaf mulch is nature's gold. No soil was trucked in and all of our major flower berms we created strictly from leaf mulch. Neighbors would bring us over 1,000 bags of grass and leaf cuttings every fall. We finally had to put out Thank You signs but asking for NO more. Piles that were 5' tall compressed to about 10" in spring after our winter snowfalls. Each year our berms grew taller and richer in soil content. It took several years and now is about 3' taller than ground level and the plants, bushes and flowers thrive without fertilizer. Truly nature's gold. Thanks for taking the time to watch, care and share - "Keep The Love Growing." - Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Bleach works WONDERFULLY for bee / hornet stings! Just put some on a cotton swab/ball and dab it on the sting. As you say, Wa La! I have a Private Greenscaping company, Au Naturel Greenscapes, and I keep a small bottle in my rig. I accidentally found a hornets nest last year- got about 15 stings/bites before I escaped them-youch. Love your show.
Sorry to hear about all the hornet stings. For whatever reason, they never bother my husband, but have attacked both of our sons. We'll happily pass your suggestion on to our viewers. Thanks again Noel for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
literally just walked in the house 5 min ago from mulching leaves. [even though i don't have any trees except arborvitae on my property]. took off work half day today til next tues for holidays. happy thanksgiving.
Great minds think alike. It is amazing how many leaves we receive from our neighbors (Next video) every fall. Great compost for gardeners. Richard wants us to have a yearly leaf round-up rodeo for corralling all those little doggies. Next we will probably see him ride in on his white horse singing some old TV show song yelling "Hi Ho Silver." Silly man. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I wish I saw your video 3 days ago, my family and I are from WI too ( HI !) and we just had our first snowfall and didn't even start raking our leaves. I have never composted anything before, but I will be next spring when I can see the ground again. Thank you for a awesome video, new homesteader here learning as we go along. Subscribed and will be watching more of your videos, come check out our videos as we do new projects. We finished our greenhouse this summer and one first place on instructables from our post :) Have a wonderful day and stay warm.
Welcome new homesteader and thank you for becoming part of our garden family. We invite you to our www.WisconsinGarden.com website to access over 800 garden videos to tide you over until spring. With all the strange weather patterns it could be 80 degrees tomorrow, next week or next month here in Wisconsin. Since you watched this video at least another 100 bags were dropped off even after we took down all of our signs. We figure that over 700 bags were dropped off this year providing several great compost areas thanks to our generous neighbors. Congrats on your greenhouse. You'll have to keep us updated. May you and yours have a beautiful and happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I enjoyed the video. I brought in 8 big bags of leaves from my mother and father in laws house this year. We are way behind you!! (But that's still 8 more than last year!) As always, thanks for the inspiration! 😊
Eight is a great way to start. Thanks again for being part of our garden family, for watching, caring and sharing. Have a wonderful holiday weekend. Lynn & Richard
Hi Patti. Rick's mom use to live in Las Vegas in Summerland and know how hot is got in summer along with watering restrictions she had in her community because of all the plants she had. We were in the Valley of Fire when it was 119 degrees. While Rick loved it, it took my breath away. Thank goodness for A/C. However, many years ago when we went to Hoover Dam, driving through Hoover City looked a bit more like Wisconsin, bungalows with grass and trees. I would think old Palm leaves, especially when shredded, would also compost nicely. It was interesting going to the garden centers to see the more tropical plants they sell, compared to our growing zone 5b. Keep us posted on your leaf compost project. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi Kathy. Our is the house in the neighborhood where people stop by and go home with lots of fresh veggies. It's great to share and in the process teaches the value of knowing where home-grown food comes from and how it was grown. Kids love visiting as well, including the free book library. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi Gunavathi. We have multiple vegetable and fruit raised beds that produce lots of goodies we share with our neighbors and food banks. Each year our neighbors bring us hundreds of bags of shredded leaves which have created all of our raised flower berms and continue adding nutrients every year as well. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard - See much more at: www.WisconsinGarden.com
Microbial life like fungi are great for returning the nutrients in any organic matter back to the soil. & tilling caused the dust bowl + kills microbes.
We really appreciate our neighbors delivering nature's gold to our yard. Happy Holidays. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Hi Tammy. While that is always a concern, it's a good reason to pile them and allow them to compost over winter with those we receive from neighbors. It helps to get to know your neighbors and how they treat their lawns, many around us do it organically. The only leaf mulch we use in our vegetable gardens are mostly from our own lawn and leaves. All others will compost in either our compost piles or along our berms adding nutrients to our flowering plants, bushes and trees. We've used this method for over 25 years and is how our entire front berm was created as we didn't bring in any outside soil. The front berm continues to thrive and is nearly 200+ feet long, 20 feet wide and at its highest point is as least 2+ feet above lawn grade level. Leaf mulch is nature's gold for gardeners and we highly recommend composting leaves and grass clippings. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
every wednesday in my area in britain , i go walking the streets near my house and take all the GREEN WASTE that people put out for collection , i am lucky that i can carry 200 lbs easily at a time , gives me good exercise at my age and so it does nt take long for me to build soil in a previous stale enviroment ! as this is my FIRST year gardening , i am waiting to see what this new soil will grow next summer !! i also have 4 churches from before the 1800 s within a mile of my house -- all with huge mature trees ,,lol , its like leaf city here !! , lol.
Hi Paul. We can only imagine the incredible sight and history you're fortunate to enjoy and love. It is amazing what neighbors discard, especially Nature's Gold when it comes to leaf mulch. The rich compost you're leaves will be providing will allow you to have one of the healthiest and productive garden in the area. In one of our upcoming videos we will be showing what our neighbors deliver to our garden, no hauling required. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
@@WisconsinGarden thanks lynn and richie !! its not a big thing here where i live , in fact there is a 13 th centuary church which is actually rotting away a few miles from us also ,, look up VAYNOR CHURCH , where crawshay was buried ( the old bastard lol, ) when you find it on the map ,, you can see it s only about 200 years old ---BUT ... look 100 yards further into the tree s and there is the diamond of a church which still has floors there , but no roof . and even with trees actually growing through the old graves !! ps --- WILLIAN CRAWSHEY was never buried in that grave in vaynor church , becuase the people of the town of MERTHYR TYDFIL would have dug him up , for whathe did to the people of that community !!
@@WisconsinGarden --- also , talking about trees growing through graves and through the bodies there , reminds me of an old story i was once personally told ,, about where BEARS go to die !! forget what the old tribes say in your country ,, the INDIANS become all mysterious and they NEVER TELL YOU lol, !! but an old hunter guide in the slovenia/ croatia/ bosnia border area once old me where they are ,, .lol.lol it was such COMMON SENSE , i could nt beleive it ,, and its the BEST COMPOST GOING !! .LOL.
Your neighborhood is like a travel destination of history. We're glad someone who appreciates it can be so close. Let us know how your garden grows next season. Lynn & Richard
Absolutely. Dinosaur Kale gets sweeter and even more tender as the weather cools. It is our favorite kale since we found it about 4 summers ago and is now a constant in our veggie garden. You have to try it. It has a slightly spicy aftertaste as well and good for you. May you and yours have a blessed Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year. Thank for being part of our garden family. Lynn & Richard
Hi Gioji Bear, for the most part, they are just shredded by the lawnmower. Most of the leaves are Maple so they are not of concern. Some are Oak and take longer to decompose. In the Spring, we sometimes just move the leaf mulch a bit to the side for the Daffodils, but they eventually just poke right up through. Thanks for the great question. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. "Keep The Love Growing." - Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
@@WisconsinGarden You bet! And by the way, what attracted me to your channel after watching this video was that your love for each other sure shines through :-)
It was final city pick up of leaves. Richard and Lynn, I chickened out... I went back and forth... alas I let the city haul away my leaves... boo hoo hoo... bye bye "gold." I totally trust you... I have learned to do SO MANY things from watching your WG videos. HOWEVER.... I kept picturing me crying in Spring 2018 when garden season begins only to find slimy 2 foot clumps bug infested piles of rotting leaves in my beds requiring me to finally kill my back removing them. How can they decompose and turn into dirt in such a short time? I can hear you say... oh you of little faith... I've never seen you complain... but... but...Please explain?!!
We understand that this process is not for everyone for a variety of reasons. It's OK if you don't want to try this and may simply be more fun just watching what happens for now. Because we are an eclectic experimental garden we test out ideas and see what works and what doesn't. But composing leaves is a well known way to create some amazingly rich compost in a matter of months. We also use leaves as a mulch blanket knowing that eventually even small layers will decompose much slower than a large pile, but they will all decompose, adding rich nutrients to the existing soil. Obviously our favorite is chopped leaves mixed with grass clippings which decompose very quickly and rarely get slimy or bug infested because the good bacteria begins the natural process. When we do more videos in spring you will see what happened over winter. True they all will not have totally decomposed but with help keep many weeds from accessing the sun, another benefit. So relax, enjoy the resting season and prepare your dream garden for spring. As always, thank you Sylvia for being part of our garden family and for your continued support. May you, your family and friends have a blessed Happy Thanksgiving weekend. Lynn & Richard
Watched video again and see that you use ground up leaves vs. full size leaves in different areas. Your reply greatly help understand. I will definitely look-up archived WG videos and look forward to WG Spring 2018 videos. By the way, LOVE and enjoying all your published books. To you and your whole family (with special hugs to Logan) have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Thank you both for all you do and give to many!!!
So many Turkey's, Hamlet's, Cranberries, and Pumpkin Pies gave up their lives to bring joy to many tummies on this Grateful Day for a wonderful year of harvests. Will give Logan a hug tomorrow and Friday when he's here with us for the day. May you too have a blessed Thanksgiving. Lynn & Richard
Thanks alot for sharing beautiful sister, New friend here stay connected God bless you
Good morning. Leaf mulch is nature's gold. No soil was trucked in and all of our major flower berms we created strictly from leaf mulch. Neighbors would bring us over 1,000 bags of grass and leaf cuttings every fall. We finally had to put out Thank You signs but asking for NO more. Piles that were 5' tall compressed to about 10" in spring after our winter snowfalls. Each year our berms grew taller and richer in soil content. It took several years and now is about 3' taller than ground level and the plants, bushes and flowers thrive without fertilizer. Truly nature's gold. Thanks for taking the time to watch, care and share - "Keep The Love Growing." - Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Awwww you two are too cute👍🏽
You are so sweet, Jujulovebean. 💖 Stay safe, happy & healthy. #KeepTheLoveGrowing. Lynn & Richard
Bleach works WONDERFULLY for bee / hornet stings! Just put some on a cotton swab/ball and dab it on the sting. As you say, Wa La! I have a Private Greenscaping company, Au Naturel Greenscapes, and I keep a small bottle in my rig. I accidentally found a hornets nest last year- got about 15 stings/bites before I escaped them-youch. Love your show.
Sorry to hear about all the hornet stings. For whatever reason, they never bother my husband, but have attacked both of our sons. We'll happily pass your suggestion on to our viewers. Thanks again Noel for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
literally just walked in the house 5 min ago from mulching leaves. [even though i don't have any trees except arborvitae on my property]. took off work half day today til next tues for holidays. happy thanksgiving.
Great minds think alike. It is amazing how many leaves we receive from our neighbors (Next video) every fall. Great compost for gardeners. Richard wants us to have a yearly leaf round-up rodeo for corralling all those little doggies. Next we will probably see him ride in on his white horse singing some old TV show song yelling "Hi Ho Silver." Silly man. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I wish I saw your video 3 days ago, my family and I are from WI too ( HI !) and we just had our first snowfall and didn't even start raking our leaves. I have never composted anything before, but I will be next spring when I can see the ground again. Thank you for a awesome video, new homesteader here learning as we go along. Subscribed and will be watching more of your videos, come check out our videos as we do new projects. We finished our greenhouse this summer and one first place on instructables from our post :) Have a wonderful day and stay warm.
Welcome new homesteader and thank you for becoming part of our garden family. We invite you to our www.WisconsinGarden.com website to access over 800 garden videos to tide you over until spring. With all the strange weather patterns it could be 80 degrees tomorrow, next week or next month here in Wisconsin. Since you watched this video at least another 100 bags were dropped off even after we took down all of our signs. We figure that over 700 bags were dropped off this year providing several great compost areas thanks to our generous neighbors. Congrats on your greenhouse. You'll have to keep us updated. May you and yours have a beautiful and happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Wausau WI guy here. Love you guys
Hello fellow WWG. Hope you're enjoying this strange winter weather. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
I enjoyed the video. I brought in 8 big bags of leaves from my mother and father in laws house this year. We are way behind you!! (But that's still 8 more than last year!) As always, thanks for the inspiration! 😊
Eight is a great way to start. Thanks again for being part of our garden family, for watching, caring and sharing. Have a wonderful holiday weekend. Lynn & Richard
Here in Las Vegas there’s not a lot of leaves available, I saw some in the park today and I’m going after them tomorrow
Hi Patti. Rick's mom use to live in Las Vegas in Summerland and know how hot is got in summer along with watering restrictions she had in her community because of all the plants she had. We were in the Valley of Fire when it was 119 degrees. While Rick loved it, it took my breath away. Thank goodness for A/C. However, many years ago when we went to Hoover Dam, driving through Hoover City looked a bit more like Wisconsin, bungalows with grass and trees. I would think old Palm leaves, especially when shredded, would also compost nicely. It was interesting going to the garden centers to see the more tropical plants they sell, compared to our growing zone 5b. Keep us posted on your leaf compost project. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
enjoyed your video lynn
Have a wonderful holiday weekend. Lynn & Richard
Hope these good people get some Veggies
Hi Kathy. Our is the house in the neighborhood where people stop by and go home with lots of fresh veggies. It's great to share and in the process teaches the value of knowing where home-grown food comes from and how it was grown. Kids love visiting as well, including the free book library. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Wow! Do i see a veggie garden in front yard?
Hi Gunavathi. We have multiple vegetable and fruit raised beds that produce lots of goodies we share with our neighbors and food banks. Each year our neighbors bring us hundreds of bags of shredded leaves which have created all of our raised flower berms and continue adding nutrients every year as well. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard - See much more at: www.WisconsinGarden.com
Microbial life like fungi are great for returning the nutrients in any organic matter back to the soil. & tilling caused the dust bowl + kills microbes.
We really appreciate our neighbors delivering nature's gold to our yard. Happy Holidays. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Do you worry about getting clippings from treated lawns??
Hi Tammy. While that is always a concern, it's a good reason to pile them and allow them to compost over winter with those we receive from neighbors. It helps to get to know your neighbors and how they treat their lawns, many around us do it organically. The only leaf mulch we use in our vegetable gardens are mostly from our own lawn and leaves. All others will compost in either our compost piles or along our berms adding nutrients to our flowering plants, bushes and trees. We've used this method for over 25 years and is how our entire front berm was created as we didn't bring in any outside soil. The front berm continues to thrive and is nearly 200+ feet long, 20 feet wide and at its highest point is as least 2+ feet above lawn grade level. Leaf mulch is nature's gold for gardeners and we highly recommend composting leaves and grass clippings. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
every wednesday in my area in britain , i go walking the streets near my house and take all the GREEN WASTE that people put out for collection , i am lucky that i can carry 200 lbs easily at a time , gives me good exercise at my age and so it does nt take long for me to build soil in a previous stale enviroment !
as this is my FIRST year gardening , i am waiting to see what this new soil will grow next summer !!
i also have 4 churches from before the 1800 s within a mile of my house -- all with huge mature trees ,,lol , its like leaf city here !! , lol.
Hi Paul. We can only imagine the incredible sight and history you're fortunate to enjoy and love. It is amazing what neighbors discard, especially Nature's Gold when it comes to leaf mulch. The rich compost you're leaves will be providing will allow you to have one of the healthiest and productive garden in the area. In one of our upcoming videos we will be showing what our neighbors deliver to our garden, no hauling required. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
@@WisconsinGarden thanks lynn and richie !!
its not a big thing here where i live , in fact there is a 13 th centuary church which is actually rotting away a few miles from us also ,, look up VAYNOR CHURCH , where crawshay was buried ( the old bastard lol, )
when you find it on the map ,, you can see it s only about 200 years old ---BUT ... look 100 yards further into the tree s and there is the diamond of a church which still has floors there , but no roof . and even with trees actually growing through the old graves !!
ps --- WILLIAN CRAWSHEY was never buried in that grave in vaynor church , becuase the people of the town of MERTHYR TYDFIL would have dug him up , for whathe did to the people of that community !!
@@WisconsinGarden --- also , talking about trees growing through graves and through the bodies there , reminds me of an old story i was once personally told ,, about where BEARS go to die !!
forget what the old tribes say in your country ,, the INDIANS become all mysterious and they NEVER TELL YOU lol, !!
but an old hunter guide in the slovenia/ croatia/ bosnia border area once old me where they are ,, .lol.lol
it was such COMMON SENSE , i could nt beleive it ,, and its the BEST COMPOST GOING !! .LOL.
Your neighborhood is like a travel destination of history. We're glad someone who appreciates it can be so close. Let us know how your garden grows next season. Lynn & Richard
14:31 Can you eat that squeeky stuff, or is it only ornamental??
Absolutely. Dinosaur Kale gets sweeter and even more tender as the weather cools. It is our favorite kale since we found it about 4 summers ago and is now a constant in our veggie garden. You have to try it. It has a slightly spicy aftertaste as well and good for you. May you and yours have a blessed Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year. Thank for being part of our garden family. Lynn & Richard
?? How do you shred your leaves?
Hi Gioji Bear, for the most part, they are just shredded by the lawnmower. Most of the leaves are Maple so they are not of concern. Some are Oak and take longer to decompose. In the Spring, we sometimes just move the leaf mulch a bit to the side for the Daffodils, but they eventually just poke right up through.
Thanks for the great question. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. "Keep The Love Growing." - Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
@@WisconsinGarden You bet! And by the way, what attracted me to your channel after watching this video was that your love for each other sure shines through :-)
AWE - How Sweet. TKS L&R
It was final city pick up of leaves. Richard and Lynn, I chickened out... I went back and forth... alas I let the city haul away my leaves... boo hoo hoo... bye bye "gold." I totally trust you... I have learned to do SO MANY things from watching your WG videos. HOWEVER.... I kept picturing me crying in Spring 2018 when garden season begins only to find slimy 2 foot clumps bug infested piles of rotting leaves in my beds requiring me to finally kill my back removing them. How can they decompose and turn into dirt in such a short time? I can hear you say... oh you of little faith... I've never seen you complain... but... but...Please explain?!!
We understand that this process is not for everyone for a variety of reasons. It's OK if you don't want to try this and may simply be more fun just watching what happens for now. Because we are an eclectic experimental garden we test out ideas and see what works and what doesn't. But composing leaves is a well known way to create some amazingly rich compost in a matter of months. We also use leaves as a mulch blanket knowing that eventually even small layers will decompose much slower than a large pile, but they will all decompose, adding rich nutrients to the existing soil. Obviously our favorite is chopped leaves mixed with grass clippings which decompose very quickly and rarely get slimy or bug infested because the good bacteria begins the natural process. When we do more videos in spring you will see what happened over winter. True they all will not have totally decomposed but with help keep many weeds from accessing the sun, another benefit. So relax, enjoy the resting season and prepare your dream garden for spring. As always, thank you Sylvia for being part of our garden family and for your continued support. May you, your family and friends have a blessed Happy Thanksgiving weekend. Lynn & Richard
Watched video again and see that you use ground up leaves vs. full size leaves in different areas. Your reply greatly help understand. I will definitely look-up archived WG videos and look forward to WG Spring 2018 videos. By the way, LOVE and enjoying all your published books. To you and your whole family (with special hugs to Logan) have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Thank you both for all you do and give to many!!!
So many Turkey's, Hamlet's, Cranberries, and Pumpkin Pies gave up their lives to bring joy to many tummies on this Grateful Day for a wonderful year of harvests. Will give Logan a hug tomorrow and Friday when he's here with us for the day. May you too have a blessed Thanksgiving. Lynn & Richard