It is a great place to put excess leaves, even up to several inches thick, which helps to keep weeds down. Larger perennials that are planted well apart from each other, like large hosta, have a lot of soil between plants. Add these leaves to the compost pile, or use them as mulch. Do this early before plants start to make new growth, and be gentle with the rake. They will slowly decompose and new plant leaves will soon hide them.Ī thicker layer of leaves will need to be removed or it might smother the new growth. If the leaves are small and the thickness is not more than an inch, you can just leave them alone. Hopefully your garden beds are covered with leaves which you left there in fall. They can be left as is or cut off, by Robert Pavlis Raking Leaves Some ferns are evergreen, but the snow tends to break the stems. If you must move garden material, do it gently and place it somewhere so that insects can get out as they warm up. A little digging and you may find bees in the soil that are still waiting for warm weather. In early spring insects are still in diapause (a state similar to hibernation). If you clean up too early in spring or too thoroughly, they will still be harmed. One of the main reasons for cleaning up in spring is to give insects a place to overwinter – they need the plant litter to survive. The reality is that for the benefit of your plants, and the environment, you should leave the garden alone in fall and do the cleanup in spring.įor a more detailed look at the reasons for this have a look at Fall Cleanup Advice – Be Good to the Environment. Most people clean up their garden in fall, mostly because this has been the tradition, but also because they want their garden to look good over the winter.
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