Leaves are your composty friends! Leave them where they are over the winter (or spread them out somewhere in the yard that the neighbors won't object to on aesthetic grounds, I don't know what your neighbors are like) so that they break down a bit, and they'll be awesome compost 'browns' in the spring. I'm just starting out with composting (I've been doing it for a couple of months), and I found that a really good guide for me (that doesn't assume you know about gardening) is _The Complete Compost Gardening Guide_, by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin. They do a really good job of explaining things (compared to the other literature for beginners that I've read). They're also really big on low-effort ways to get things done, and not lugging stuff around the yard when it's not necessary, which I really appreciate.
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Date: 2010-10-28 12:36 am (UTC)I'm just starting out with composting (I've been doing it for a couple of months), and I found that a really good guide for me (that doesn't assume you know about gardening) is _The Complete Compost Gardening Guide_, by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin. They do a really good job of explaining things (compared to the other literature for beginners that I've read). They're also really big on low-effort ways to get things done, and not lugging stuff around the yard when it's not necessary, which I really appreciate.