Decomposing leaves on your lawn would probably not only kill the grass, but they can become a breeding ground for mold, mosquitoes, and other undesirable things.
My parents used to compost their leaves until the compost pile took over the entire side yard and became a mold-breeding ground of its own. If you actually use the compost, it's probably a good idea, though. My dad has this leaf-shredder device to make the leaves less dense before we added them to the pile. It was basically a big funnel with a weed whacker built in at the bottom. Put it on top of a trash can, shovel leaves into the top, and you end up with a can of compost where you would have had ~8 cans of unshredded leaves.
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Date: 2010-10-05 02:40 pm (UTC)My parents used to compost their leaves until the compost pile took over the entire side yard and became a mold-breeding ground of its own. If you actually use the compost, it's probably a good idea, though. My dad has this leaf-shredder device to make the leaves less dense before we added them to the pile. It was basically a big funnel with a weed whacker built in at the bottom. Put it on top of a trash can, shovel leaves into the top, and you end up with a can of compost where you would have had ~8 cans of unshredded leaves.