Leave Your Leaves:  Trees provide garden care

Free mulch and more!   The leafy blanket found beneath trees keeps soil moisture in, insulates against cold, and breaks down to provide the nutrients that trees need to stay healthy.   Our canopy trees, those big ones over the top, do the heavy lifting. They quietly clean the air, exchanging carbon dioxide for oxygen for us to breathe.  Trees also support a staggering array of wildlife and protect the ground from erosion during beating rains.  Best of all, trees create those deliciously cool pools of shade we love on a hot day.  

Take care of your venerable trees - leave that leafy blanket, or grind leaves up if you prefer the look of finer mulch- but do leave them.

Anyone can leave a legacy - plant a canopy tree for the future.  MH