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I am spreading chopped leaves with manure on the garden. I read something that said all the leaves should be tilled into the soil in the fall. Will waiting to till the leaves in the spring cause a problem? Will there be too much brown?
 

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Personally, I don't really want to disturb the soil's structure so I don't till at all. I have one area that gets a very heavy mulch of dried leaves year round. I just water it and let them break down. Then it's up to the worms to work it into the soil. They do a good job. From hard adobe clay 15 years ago, it's become lovely fertile and workable ground.
 

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I am spreading chopped leaves with manure on the garden. I read something that said all the leaves should be tilled into the soil in the fall. Will waiting to till the leaves in the spring cause a problem? Will there be too much brown?
I leave them on top of the soil and add more a couple times a year. I ue them on flower beds to mulch and turn into compost. If it is a new garden you may want to turn them under to decompose faster. I used to use them for squash mulch. However I think they just were a home for squash bugs.
 

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The snow melted and I can see the leaves again. I think the garden is okay, but I will have to get all the leaves off of the grass in the yard and under trees. I did notice last year when I raked leaves under the walnut tree, some kind of green worm all over the place.
 

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