because when the weather breaks I till them into the soil and pile the rest into a large pile to decompose into Leave compost which is The Best Compost you can have

the results speak for themselves

it will turn your soil into a subsistence known as "Black Earth"

which is soil that is super high in carbon

Loamy goodness.

yes @Der Seeteufel - SD leaf compost is the Best but it does rise your acid levels in your soil so the advice i would give is to add some garden Lime when tilling the garden

also add some manure to boost the Nitrogen levels as well

if you do those three thing you can grow anything with Ultra High yields as a result

Once my GF fixes the disaster that is my garden I'll post some pictures.

Nice

I got to put and replace some Grapevine this spring

Wine grapes?

No table grapes

Concord and Niagara

I been fight a Bad infestation of "Black Riot"

so they got to go

I'm starting to get more interested in viticulture ever since going to Australia. My GFs family used to run a vineyard.

Who nice

I just eat them never had an interest in turning them into wine

All three of these wines come from the Barossa Valley in South Australia. 19 crimes can be bought here.

wow

I think it's bottled in California but my GFs family still works in the vineyards that grow the grapes.

Wow is she Australian ?

Yeah.

AWWWWWesome

Great country

ooooo

nice

heres a pic of my garden in the spring

Nice.

Here a pic of a zucchini that I grew in my soil that I tilled the leaf compost in

Here's some of the wine grapes from the vineyard my GFs brother works at.

OOOO very nice

😃

This is her mother's garden.

Wow and that's in Australia

Yes I was just there for Christmas.

looks hot

It hit around 104F when I was there.

They just recently got 110

Now thats my kind of weather 😃

I love the Heat

to bad it doesn't rain much in Australia

Yeah it's very dry. It was nice when I was there though. Worst part was coming home to 2ft of snow in my driveway.

HAHAHA

I don't have a snow blower either. This had to all be shoveled.

that sucks

I like that Garage

My neighbor came over and helped though. Got to love SD.

@V.Balboa - PA nice! Compost Nationalism!

@Prestor John there are specific named tomato varieties that are sweeter/more tart depending on your preference. Some pretty great heirloom varieties from Johnny's, Baker Creek & Seed Savers Exchange just to name a few

@NITRODUBS Have you looked into microgreens? Thats definitely something that can be done well indoors, under grow lights. Sunflower, radish and kale microgreens are my fave

Thanks I can't wait for Spring to break out my roto-tiler 😃

@Volkmom

Yup I’ve looked into those I’m gonna grow em soon!

Plant some Heather for the bees.

...also known as Erika

The bois

Disregard previous msg. confused u for someone else.

@NITRODUBS jade plant?

Just growing a variety of succulents. A good tip, when you have a dying succulent you can lay it’s leaves out like this in a high light area, spray water on it every 3-4 days and you’ll eventually get a new plant

I’m gonna try and have a farmers market stand this summer and sell some of these