Your Daily Install takes something happening now, looks at what happened before, and gives you one thing to do at home.
Print the worksheet and add it to your Household Resilience Network binder.
What’s happening now?
By early November, a lot of yards have two things at once. A pile of leaves and a bare patch of garden soil. It’s easy to haul one away and pay for a bag to cover the other.
Dry leaves can cover soil, especially if you break them up first. Whole leaves can mat together. A small batch is enough to see how it works in your yard.
Has this happened before?
In 1983, Montgomery County, Maryland, started composting the leaves it vacuumed from curbs. It started with one material that arrived in big piles every fall.
What happened next?
In 1989 the county added other yard trimmings, including grass. At home you can start with one material, too. Use a bucket of leaves before deciding what to do with the whole pile.
The name comes back after they leave.
You knew it. You used it yesterday. But when you needed the name, it would not come. What is the tiny “memory bean” at the start of this video? See how it connects to Neuro-Thrive.
What can I do?
Pick one small, bare patch around established plants. Crush a bucket of dry leaves by hand with gloves or shred them with equipment you know how to use. Spread a light layer over the soil and leave space around stems and trunks. Look again after rain. If the leaves form a wet mat, loosen or thin the layer.
Put Fall Leaves to Work
Date: __________________
Patch to cover
____________________________
Leaves ready to use
____________________________
Date to check after rain
____________________________
Leave it, thin it, or move it
____________________________
Make that bare patch grow food
Once you’ve picked the spot, the next question is what belongs there. See how the Modern Victory Garden can start with one useful crop and a little room.
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Stay steady,
Ethan Archer
Homesteader Depot
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