" />

yard maintenance tagged posts

Colorful autumn leaves.

Leave the Leaves, All While Not Making Your Neighbors Mad

Thanks to the University of Maryland/Maryland Grows for this article about why you should leave the leaves.

With the fall season, we are starting to see a lot of articles talking about the massive ecological and soil quality benefits of leaving leaves, stems, and sticks in our green spaces. As a biologist, I understand why doing so is indeed the right thing to do. However, I often face pushback on this topic from people I mention this to through my Extension work or just in my neighborhood. There are of course many barriers to adopting such practices that I have heard people mention. One that comes up often is the one that involves social or peer pressure...

Read More