The winds blow and the seasons change, leaving your lawn with fallen leaves nestled quietly atop it. As you stare out of the window, you look at these leaves and think about how lovely they look. The different colors provide a tapestry in your garden; it’s nature at its absolute best. The leaves act as the perfect lawn decoration – and you didn’t pay a penny for them!
You are tempted to leave them as they are; it creates a lovely Autumn look with browns and reds blending into the green hues of your lawn. In many ways, it’s the most picturesque your garden will ever look, and you can already imagine the likes flowing in from the future Instagram post.
Fallen Leaves Might Make Your Garden Look Messy
Nobody likes a messy garden. You spend days making it look great and the fallen leaves can dishevel the neat looks in one day. Sure, the first few leaves appear as a gorgeous blanket on your lawn. But if you don’t get rid of them, they will start piling up. Your garden goes from looking pristine and beautiful to seemingly overgrown and unkempt.
Fallen Leaves Might Deteriorate the Lawn
Fallen leaves will damage your lawn in a couple of ways:
- They block the lawn from seeing sunlight, leading to dry patches
- They decompose and create the ideal conditions for lawn moss to grow
As a consequence, your once gorgeous green lawn now looks yellow and patchy with moss in different places. It’s gone from being healthy to unhealthy – and correcting this takes a lot of time and effort.
The more leaves that fall on your lawn, the worse these problems will be. You need to clear them away before they create a barrier and damage your lawn.
The Best Ways To Remove Fallen Leaves From Your Lawn
Two main ways spring to mind when talking about this topic: you can opt for a classic garden rake or you can use leaf blowers. Opt for the latter when you’ve got loads of leaves to clean as it makes the process go faster while the former is probably only ideal when you have a small handful of loose leaves to collect.
In either case, the best way to remove fallen leaves is by collecting them in piles. From here, you can either dispose of them with your garden waste or transfer the leaves to a compost bin. Using leaves as compost is a brilliant way of making your garden more sustainable. You’re taking natural matter and giving it a new lease of life to help breed more life in the garden!
What are your thoughts? Do you like the looks of the leaves on your lawn? Or do you prefer the pristine and manicured yard appearance?
Make it a very green day,
Luda@plantsandbeyond.com
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