Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Stop Raking

Here's a timely article from Fine Gardening that advises you to stop raking:
"[r]aking and collecting leaves every autumn is a tradition without scientific basis. Research has proven that mowing leaves into your lawn can improve its vigor, and observation shows that unraked leaves in planting beds don’t smother shade-tolerant perennials."

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