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August 21 . 2008

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olor-splashed trees are a
beautiful sight in autumn.
But things turn ugly quickly
once the leaves hit the lawns and the
raking begins.
With summer slowly morphing
into fall, autumn is the best season to
lay the groundwork for a renovated
and rejuvenated spring lawn, garden
experts agree. A few hours work now
will reap huge rewards for next year's
lawns, trees and flowers. And it all
starts with those dreaded leaves.
"Instead of raking up all your leaves
you can mulch them with a mulching
mower:' (mulching mowers cut more
finely than regular lawn mowers), says
Mary Wilson, horticulture educator
with MSU Extension Oakland County.
"The leaves are full of nutrients; recy-
cling them into the ground will make
your lawn look good in the spring."
"Raking leaves isn't all bad ... you'll
get lots of exercise and burn calories,"
Wilson quips.
"Mow frequently enough so the fall-
en leaves don't form a mat that blocks

sunlight from reaching the turf;' says
Marty Hair, advanced master gardener
and the Detroit Free Press garden writ-
er for 15 years, now a freelance writer.
Research from Michigan State
University suggests that silver maple
and sugar maple leaves contain a natu-
ral herbicide, and mulching them on
the lawn results in fewer dandelions
the following spring.
Michigan turf grasses "are cool-sea-
son grasses:' Hair says. "They are most
active when it is cool and moist and go
dormant when it gets really hot. As it
gets cooler and rainier in the fall, the
grass becomes more active. So fall is a
great time to repair lawns:'
And just how do you do that? Hair
has a number of recommendations.
Fertilize in early September and
use a fertilizer with a high amount of
slow-release nitrogen, listed as WIN
(water-insoluble nitrogen) on the
label. This fertilizer will break down
and release nutrients over a long
period, she says.
Nitrogen is the first of three num-
bers in the fertilizer formula. The
second number refers to the amount
of phosphorus. Established lawns need