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[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

That has not been my experience. The leaves wreck the ph of the soil and block light from letting grass grow.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Not much grass growing when it’s -20 out but you might have too many leaves so they don’t decompose fast enough during your winter

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah that's definitely the issue here. There's still a layer of wet leaves by the time the grass wants to start growing in the spring.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Let those leaves kill the grass and replace it with moss, clover, walkable thyme, native grasses, or any number of more interesting ground covers. I'm working towards a no-mow lawn. It's fun finding creative ways to thwart a pesky city ordinance: "A minimum of fifty percent (50%) of all yard areas shall be comprised of turf grass".

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The layer of leaves kills that stuff too, right?

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Probably. With a clover lawn you'll probably need to reseed annually anyway. $4 per 1lb bag covers ~10,000 sq ft so not really a bank buster there, just a little work in the fall and spring.

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