The Royal Horticultural Society, the UK’s leading gardening charity, has a great reason to not throw away your fallen leaves. Instead, you should rake them up and turn them into leafmould. Fallen leaves protect bare soil from the extremes of winter weather, and when they break down into the soil, they act like a superpowered fertilizer. They also provide much needed shelter for wildlife during the colder months.

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