It's the season of falling leaves, and you might be tempted to use your pile as mulch for your garden and around the yard. However, there are a few downsides.

Try to turn your leaf pile every few weeks during the fall and winter. This little effort makes your leaf mulch ready sooner.

Leaves have been browning and falling prematurely for weeks now due to late summer’s dry weather, but the real fall leaf drop will take hold in a few more weeks. Is the resulting blanketing of the ...