" Tuuk" wrote in
:

I know, off topic but I do get good advice from this group. I will
take the mud slinging,,, hope it is mixed in with your regular good
information.


I have a back yard garden, I live in Southern Ontario Canada. I roto
till it and we grow vegetables like tomato, peppers,

My friends were telling me I should mix in some leaves, my garden is
about 20 feet by 20 feet.

I collected about 50 big bags of grinded up leaves and roto tilled
them all into my garden. Very light and fluffy now and soft and full
of broken down leaves, mostly Maple Leafs and some other varieties.

My question is what should I do? Should I mix in manuer? or
furtalizer? Should I do something with this mixture now? Will it be ok
on its own after a few years ? will these leaves breakdown on their
own? should I put more leaves in? I think 50 bags is a lot.

Any advice or tips is much appreciated. Thank you 73s



You might want to check with the good folks over at
rec.gardens.edible.
What I do is to leave the leaves on the garden untilled
as mulch. In the spring I will roto-till them in.
Let them sit for a few weeks, then test the soil to
see if any amendments are needed.