The joys of mulching

What grows on trees that makes your soil richer, minimizes weed growth, and reduces the amount of water you use? Leaves!

On our new web site, the Portland Leaf Harvest, you’ll find resources and tips for how to make and/or use mulch after the leaves fall from your trees. In addition, you’ll find guidance for composting leaves with kitchen scraps and best practices if you live in one of Portland’s areas where tree cover is abundant and residents can rake their leaves into the street for city pick-up.

Longtime Friends of Trees supporter Collier Arbor Care also provides great advice on how to mulch around the base of your trees and shrubs. In the fall issue of The Arbor Advisor, you’ll learn both how to place mulch around your tree and why mulching is so good to do.

Here’s to the goodness after the fall!

–TR