Comments on: Making friends with our Big Leaf Maple

By: Kre Alkalyn Pro

Kre Alkalyn Pro — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:59:46 +0000

I really enyojed this brilliant blog. Please keep them coming. Greets!!!

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By: sinfonian2

sinfonian2 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:23:25 +0000

Thanks Sandy, let me know (shoot me an email or FG message) and I’ll work on getting them. If you don’t have any, that’s cool too. They just make great compost. Thanks for thinking of me, yet again!

By: 10yearchallenge

10yearchallenge — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:38:41 +0000

Thanks for all the comments about the tree and leaves. Looks like, weather permitting, this will be the weekend for the big raking and piling for leaf composting. I know I’ll be happy in the spring that I put in this effort now.

Rich, I’ll try to bag up a couple of garbage bags full for you and if it works out you could come pick them up sometime.

Sandy

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:30:23 +0000

Aside from a few years living in a condo we have always been in homes with large trees. Our current home has the most trees in the back we have ever been around. They are certainly a lot of work but are worth it for reducing a/c usage in the summer, for attracting wildlife and of course making everything look nicer.

Good luck finding someone to work for leaves.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:27:57 +0000

Your tree is beautiful! Our lot is populated with Cedar Elm with the occasional Mesquite mixed in. The great thing about these trees, the leaves are small…*: ) I can rake them for use, or just let them lie.

By: DoubleD

DoubleD — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:59:27 +0000

Like you, we are also surrounded by a mixed woodlot of some very big trees. Closer at hand though is our three japanese red maples that provide us with a nice bounty of leaves each fall. I keep one compost bin open just for leaves each fall. Compost made from mostly leaves is truly miraculous stuff. I like to mix in the last fall lawn clippings in with the leaves – adds some greens to the mixture. Just began using the finished “leaf” compost from last year about three weeks ago as I prepared the bed designated for the garlic, multiplier onions, and shallots planting. I also used it in other fall beds being put to rest for the winter. The quality of the fall leaf based ompost is far superior to my spring/summer mixes/brews. I notice that beds that are amended with the leaf mixture also have a higher earth worm count come spring when I begin poking around getting ready for the first planting efforts.

By: Susy

Susy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:58:12 +0000

We are surrounded by woods and I use leaf mold by the buckets. It’s great because our soil is so bad, at least I have a free ammendments. I occationally pick up bags of leaves I see on the side of the road to add to my pile.

By: Sinfonian

Sinfonian — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:57:37 +0000

Boy, if Woodinville wasn’t as far and the family truck so busy with moving, I’d take you up on that raking duty. I’m jealous over the bin full of leaves that folks have all over the internet. And I’ve got an empty bin perfect for them. /sigh

Beautiful tree by the way. Much bigger than the one’s I’ve seen!