I got smart this year and bought my husband’s birthday present early and when it was on sale. I know he’s going to love it–Happy Birthday, Bill, one day early!–but now I wish I’d held out for this: a Shop-Vac (insert male grunting here) that cleans up your yard and mulches your leaves. It’s called the Mulcher Yard Vac.
Considering I use the free dirt from my compost in my garden, it would have been awesome to have a tool that could turn my yard waste into free mulch, thus saving me from having to buy it at the store. I guess there’s always Christmas, right?
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You can just put your unchopped leaves into your compost bin and they’ll break down very quickly. Or you could just rake them directly into your garden and leave them there over the winter. Either way, you’ll get some great organic material from them.