October 4, 2019 The Restorative Power of Leaves, William Gilpin, Caspar Wistar, John Hendley Barnhart, The Urban Homestead by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, Bringing Houseplants Back Indoors, and a 1927 Advertisement for Rakes
Every autumn, we owe a debt of gratitude to our trees.
They give our gardens the best gift: leaves.
Over the past decade, there's been a resurgence of interest in the restorative power of leaves in the garden. For some gardeners, this is new news. Yet, we've known about the wonderful contributions of leaves in the garden for a long time.
As proof, here's a little post from the The York Daily out of York Pennsylvania on October 23, 1879:
"Fallen leaves make excellent compost for the garden."
And, theSunday News out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from November 16, 1952, wrote this:
"Many city…
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