Leaves are falling on the ground, on my roof top, all around!

We have a huge English Walnut tree in the backyard. I love it! It was one of the many things that "sold" us when we bought our house. It' has been right there, being a house for the squirrels, creating shade and yummy walnuts, for over 50 years. The people that built the house planted it. It is the center of activity in our back yard. It gets climb in, swung from and relaxed around. I love everything about this tree except the leaves when fall comes. They are huge, just like the tree, and there are a ton of them. Most years they fall almost at the same time. One day they are there hanging on the tree and then next morning we wake up and they are on the ground.

Fall creates a dilema for me because I can't compose these leaves, they are acidic and once they fall I have to get them off the lawn. Mother Nature was pretty smart with these trees. Everything they drop (leaves and walnuts) has a built in chemical that kills everthing aroung it- excellent survival of the species. So what to do with bags and bags of leaves?

This year I saw paper leaf bags!! I had never seen those before and was so excited to find a better option than pastic (because we all know that plastic is not such a great option). Sears sells them and you can find them online as well. This fall take one small step and use the recycled paper leaf bags. They'll break down with the leaves and help the environment.