If you live in Canberra, you may have one problem - LEAVES. Lots of them. Constantly falling down and smothering your lawn and preventing sunlight from getting through to where it’s needed. As they decompose, they can get waterlogged, sticking together creating an environment that retains moisture and humidity which is the ideal situation for the development of fungal issues.
Now don’t get me wrong, I love Autumn leaves, the colours are great, and a few leaves here and there really accentuate the season.
But if there is too many, what should you do with them?
If you own a mulching mower that cuts up your grass into really small clippings and there’s not that many leaves on the lawn, then you can easily just mow straight over the top of them. The small leaf fragments will simply fall within the profile of the lawn and decompose from there. You may need to run the mower over the lawn a couple of times in different directions to break them up small enough.
If there are a lot of leaves, it’s best that you rake them up. They don’t have to go into the garbage though, they can be great used in garden beds or even in your compost.
