Fallen Leaves are Valuable
Leaves aro now falling in quantity from the trees. These should be saved and used to replenish the humus supply in the soil. Leaves can be mixed with heavy soils to improve their texture, or they may be rotted down with, the garden refuse. Alternatively, they may bo stacked for two or three years and rotted down for leafmould for inclusion in potting composts. Leaves from most kinds of deciduous trees can be used for thest purposes ' (oak leaves- are' best)j but leaves from evergreens are unsuitable.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23339, 6 May 1939, Page 10 (Supplement)
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91Fallen Leaves are Valuable New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23339, 6 May 1939, Page 10 (Supplement)
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