Woohoo, it’s fall!

[yakitori]

And I managed to get a nice pile of leaves in the run
hoping to get a good amount of compost for spring!

 

[black_cat]

I'll give mine some leaves as well once we get their real run built. I'm pretty sure that the apple tree in the front yard dropped all it's leaves at once.

 

[yakitori]

I'll give mine some leaves as well once we get their real run built. I'm pretty sure that the apple tree in the front yard dropped all it's leaves at once.

They will love it! My chickens love to scratch at the compost heap in their run. I don’t know what they find in there since we rarely eat veggies/fruits, but somehow it keeps them excited. When they’re done, I’ll rake it back together and it’s a whole new scratch game again

 

[black_cat]

Fall is by far my favorite season. it just has good vibes. Pumpkins and scarves and walks through the woods and orange and scarlet trees......

 

[Callender Girl]

Fall is lovely ... but it just makes me think of winter -- and frozen water and snow drifts around the coops and I'm getting cold just thinking about it. Brrrrr!

 

[aart]

And I managed to get a nice pile of leaves in the run

Keep an eye on them, if they get rained on they may pack together and get nasty.
Mixing some larger stuff, can really help

 

[yakitori]

Keep an eye on them, if they get rained on they may pack together and get nasty.
Mixing some larger stuff, can really help

Thanks for the heads up! It usually gets torn into itty bitty pieces in a day or two. I’ll see how it goes

 

[rosemarythyme]

I just raked up my first pile of leaves too, never a reason to waste those tossing them in the yard waste bin. Boom, 5 bags of dried leaves in the greenhouse for use next spring and beyond. Once I run out of room for bagged leaves, all the excess goes straight into compost bin or the run. Last year I got about 16-18 bags stored up plus an additional 3-4" of leaves in the run.

 

[aart]

I just raked up my first pile of leaves too, never a reason to waste those tossing them in the yard waste bin.

Luckily I don't have to rake leaves here.
Only if they get nice and dry do I bother gathering any of them.
I bough paper yard sacks to store some last year, on your suggestion and was excited to use them.
Alas, it was very wet fall last year, including 2' of snow in Nov.

 

[yakitori]

Only if they get nice and dry do I bother gathering any of them.

Dry leaves definitely shred more easily! the dry brown ones have been processed by the chickens but the reds and yellows are stubbornly intact.