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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's best to shred them before using them as mulch in a residential setting so they break down faster. [b]Your yard isn't the forest and does't have the ecosystem. In a yard, you need worry about drainage and run off, and a mat of wet leaves can be impenetrable and problematic. Plus shredded leaves don't blow back into your yard. [/b] In the past when we didn't shred, the leaves were untouched and intact in the spring, and the ground was soggy and the plants around them suffered from various fungi and molds. Now that we shred them, they become a part of the soil much faster and the soil is amazingly fertile and drains well.[/quote] So much misinformation. Your yard absolutely does have an ecosystem. Leaves are not impenetrable, in fact by absorbing water and then releasing it slowly into the soil leaf litter helps to prevent flash flooding.[/quote]
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