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Show Beautification Group Stresses Usefulness Oi Leaves for Compost Nature and natural elements and substances furnish us with the substance to reproduce the tvms frvMn which they came, and to- use- th by-product for feed-fvwtitvg feed-fvwtitvg or sparking growth. Ttve live subject right now, and ote IJvt U rvsally in season, has to- do. te byproduct of the livv - in ohet wuls leaves. ta't tail the tree shed their Wvaxv. M have them thick o rotnX or blowing in te air. wr.tU they finj a place Nw tJsey arw heKI frMn further We nvy he gi!t,v of condom-sir,f condom-sir,f t.m a a mitsanoe. and )ut ant!wr Job to eradicate tJier.v We can change our attitude atti-tude toward them by thinking of ways to. use them beneficially. beneficial-ly. Instead of their being a nuisance, nui-sance, they can be turned Into an opportunity, or a product, to b our little helper in our gardening. gar-dening. Let us consider just how we can make something useful from the fall leaves. If we burn them, the opportunity for use beneficially benefi-cially has disappeared, but if we gather and preserve them, we still have them to help us next year in our gardens. Let us talk about making fertilizer fer-tilizer from the leaves, by curing cur-ing them in a compost, where they decay and the produce Is usable in producing new growth in our flowerbeds, or in the vegetable veg-etable garden. We need to gather them together, to-gether, and hold them in a compact com-pact mound where they will decay de-cay over a period of a few months and will be ready for use In the spring. A compost Is so easy to make. Of course, it can be an elaborate affair, or a very simple process. The simplest way would be to dig a hoie, mixing a little sand 10 hold them from blowing away, and wetting them down, so thej will decay. If you would rather hold the leaves above ground, it is also very simple to surround them with a wire mesh that will hold them from blowing away, and then mlxLig sand with the leaves to hold them down. It is necessary to see that they are wet down occasionally so that they will continue to decay. If you haven't ever made a compost, you will be surprised how simple It Is, and how useful use-ful the end product can be to you. Don't bum the leaves I Use them to beautify next year's garden! gar-den! Cedar City Beautification Committee. |