Lawn equipment ruins every nice day. #LeaveTheLeaves #NoMowMay

#LeaveTheLeaves #sustainable #gardening https://www.anacostiaws.org/blog/leave-the-leaves.html

"I learned that my home has been a habitat since long before I arrived, and the only way I could control it would be to destroy it." https://eveningdocket.substack.com/p/habitat #gardening #permaculture #leavetheleaves

Sharing a eco-friendly garden sign I just designed #yardsign #nativeplants #ecofriendly #leavetheleaves

#nativeplants #pollinatorfriendlyyards #naturesbirdfeeder #plantnative #leavetheleaves

From Nov. 7 (top) to today (bottom). Over 100 bags of leaves, collected around town and at the town transfer station, have been spread on the garden to compost in place or to break down to leaf mold in my three heaped Geobins. Only the leaves in the 7 black plastic bags are left; I've ordered a another Geobin for those. #sustainability #permaculture #producenowaste #valuethemarginal #catchandstoreenergy #leavetheleaves #compost

STILL working my way through my epic haul of 100+ leaf bags back in Oct. Majority have been used to mulch garden beds and cold frames. Now I'm having to break out the Geobin #compost bins to handle the overflow. May need a third one, not sure. I love these. Tough as nails, endlessly reusable, yet they roll up and take very little storage space. So much easier than chicken wire. #permaculture #gardening #organicmatter #leavetheleaves (which nobody does),

Reused the fencing from the squash and cantaloupe area to make a leaf compost pile. “Door” opens so I can move stuff around if need be. Got a ton more leaves and dead vegetation to add that will breakdown with some indigenous microorganisms and be great compost! 🍂☀️🌱 #solarpunk #leavetheleaves

@endeavorance
I finally convinced my husband to #LeaveTheLeaves. We actually killed our lawn, mulched it, and planted a bunch of flowers and shrubs. #NoLawns

Here in #Seattle we've been getting our first frosts. Watching the #birds forage from the seeds of my messy garden. When you leave the cleanup until spring you provide food for birds and places for #lepidoptera and #bees to overwinter.
#leavetheleaves #DarkEyedJunco

"If you are a neat and tidy gardener and like to get all those messy leaves off your garden, think again. Once you’ve bagged up all those leaves neatly and put them by the side of the road, you’ve probably removed all the juvenile fireflies from your yard too! So next year, no fireflies to watch." LINK TO ARTICLE: https://hgic.clemson.edu/leave-the-leaves-for-the-fireflies/ #leavetheleaves #plantnative #natureismymedicine

Miss ABC6 Providence last night and/or not local to Providence, RI? Segment on why you should #leavetheleaves to #savethebees, protect wildlife, and even help the climate is online! 🍂🐝 https://www.abc6.com/leave-your-leaves-this-fall/

Mastodon #introduction: Asst Prof of Biology interested in insect pollinators, nutritional ecology, behavioral ecology, and ice cream. 🌻 🐝 🍦

If you're local, catch me on ABC6 Providence, talking about #leavetheleaves and #savethebees at 5pm! 🍂