{"id":44941,"date":"2013-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/11\/12\/livegreen-turning-over-a-new-leaf-on-leaf-removal\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:22:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:22:08","slug":"livegreen-turning-over-a-new-leaf-on-leaf-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/11\/12\/livegreen-turning-over-a-new-leaf-on-leaf-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"LiveGreen: Turning over a new leaf on leaf removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>What to do with all those leaves?!?<\/p>\n<p>Now that the weather has turned and blown all of our leaves off our trees, we are faced with the fun task of raking them up and bagging and bagging and bagging.  Or are we?<\/p>\n<p>Get a head start on a new garden next spring by smothering it with TLC this fall while saving yourself the expense and hassle of lawn bags.<\/p>\n<p>Have grass growing in your flower beds?  Have an area of lawn you would like to turn into a flower bed or garden? For a no-dig, no-chemical way to prepare a new garden bed, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.organicgardening.com\/learn-and-grow\/goodbye-grass-hello-garden?cm_mmc=OGNews-_-1485410-_-11062013-_-Goodbye_Grass_Hello_Garden_title\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s not your thing, what are other ways to keep them out of the waste stream?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mulch them with the mower and let them improve your soil and enrich your lawn. 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Click here for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/how-to\/videos\/making-leaf-mold.aspx\">video<\/a>.<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaves offer a variety of lawn and garden-friendly 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