{"id":380,"date":"2013-11-05T05:59:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T05:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/?p=380"},"modified":"2018-06-14T21:05:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:05:53","slug":"leaf-capture-feat-martha-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/leaf-capture-feat-martha-stewart\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaf Capture feat. Martha Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"

For me, yard work is prominent now. \u00a0When I think of it, I think of Martha….<\/h1>\n

On the west coast, we’re not known for leaf trees; rather, our needle trees are famous. However, in populated areas, ornamental deciduous trees are common. \u00a0An oak that doesn’t naturally grow here stands in front of my house and another one on each side. There are maples as well…they might<\/em> be native.<\/p>\n

The point is that leaves from trees make excellent compost. \u00a0I have care of our grounds, which I do the natural way; I don’t use any fertilizer or weed killer. \u00a0All the help my lawn gets is compost, physical weed pulling, and the occasional dose of lime.<\/p>\n

Leaves fall and cover the yard, but they soon blow away. \u00a0This year I’ve developed a new term: \u00a0leaf capture. \u00a0It describes the percent of leaves I’ve claimed from those landing on my yard.<\/p>\n

Some years I’ve been busy; regrettably, my leaf capture was likely quite low. \u00a0This year, however, I’d estimate it at about 30%, which I think is pretty high. \u00a0After all, we live on a busy street, toward which the strongest winds blow. \u00a0Moreover, the leaf trees are right beside it.<\/p>\n

I’ve emptied the compost of ready soil, then filled it with leaves. \u00a0I have more leaves waiting in a receptacle when room develops. \u00a0Next spring should be very exciting for the lawn.<\/p>\n

Developing a sustainable lawn takes time, but is very rewarding. \u00a0A gardener learns to enjoy waiting and looking ahead, even to distant eventualities.<\/p>\n

Here’s Martha. \u00a0I continue to be a fan.<\/p>\n

\"Martha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For me, yard work is prominent now. \u00a0When I think of it, I think of Martha…. On the west coast, we’re not known for leaf trees; rather, our needle trees are famous. However, in populated areas, ornamental deciduous trees are common. \u00a0An oak that doesn’t naturally grow here stands in front of my house and … Continue reading “Leaf Capture feat. Martha Stewart”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,9,10],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-posts","tag-lawn","tag-leaf-compost","tag-martha-stewart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}