tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567462582306170833.post6040159619479990784..comments2015-05-13T07:07:29.555-07:00Comments on The Landscape Supervisor: Gather Leaves While Ye MayRycke Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09740985764499785564noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567462582306170833.post-47207349238112924982013-01-10T07:15:00.270-08:002013-01-10T07:15:00.270-08:00I have also settled on a new path material: 4 x 8 ...I have also settled on a new path material: 4 x 8 sand, a small gravel 1/4-1/8 inch, spread 1 inch thick on flat dirt.<br /><br />This is easy to keep free of weeds with a hula hoe (scuffle hoe) and a rake; it cuts the young plants off at soil level, below the crown, which grows at the top of the gravel. Cutting most any young plant below the crown will kill it.<br /><br />Particles like gravel tend to sort themselves by size as they are disturbed by rake and hoe; smaller stuff sinks and larger stuff rises to the surface. Dirt clods eventually break up into small particles and join the dirt at the bottom of the gravel, so it stays clean on top. Eventually, worms will work some gravel into the soil and it will need more gravel.Rycke Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740985764499785564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567462582306170833.post-91485132683467219852013-01-10T07:06:18.613-08:002013-01-10T07:06:18.613-08:00This year, 2012-2013, I am picking up bags of leav...This year, 2012-2013, I am picking up bags of leaves from curbs and using them on mine and my customers' gardens. I'm piling soft leaves deep in beds that need more nutrition, and even as base mulch in new renovation. I am spreading hard leaves like oak, sweet gum, and sycamore not very thick on areas that need better annual weed control. Truly, there is nothing as good as leaves for weed control and feeding soil.Rycke Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740985764499785564noreply@blogger.com