SAVE THE LEAVES
THEY ARE VALUABLE. WILL REPLENISH HUMUS. Leaves are now falling in quantity from the trees. These should be saved and used to replenish the humus supply in the soil. Leaves can be mixed with heavy soils to improve their texture, or they may be rotted down with the garden refuse. Alternatively, they may be stacked for two or three years and rotted down for leafmould for inclusion in pottinc composts. Leaves from most kinds of deciduous trees can be used for these purposes (oak. leaves are best); but leaves from evergreens are unsuitable.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1939, Page 9
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96SAVE THE LEAVES Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1939, Page 9
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