Leaf that mulch alone

All those lovely plane tree, silver birch, liquid amber, maple and oak leaves gathering around the footpaths and gutters of Geelong are calling.

Calling me before heading off to work to put a plastic rake and a bundle of garbage bags in the back of the Bombora and head down the streets populated by large, faceless corporations who have no appreciation for the wonderful mulching materials lying there, just waiting to add value to any garden or compost.

I don't rake the leaves outside houses - they belong to the residents.

But leaves piled up outside government office or brick eddifice of no beauty - hah!



There's nothing like a pile of wonderful leaves to scatter over the vegetable beds or hunker into the compost bins and shortly, hey presto! Mulch you would die for.

Those gorgeous scarlet, orange, yellow, gold, amber and sienna leaves are a gift to the eye, wonderful to scrunch through and a great benefit to the garden.

Plus they are darn fun to wade through and toss around.