Leaves are the perfect lawn food.

It's great to have big shade trees in your yard... until the Fall. Those big trees drop leaves, and that means extra work, hassle, and lost time. Happily, a recent study shows that you can forget about raking. Instead, just mulch them, then feed your lawn with Scotts Turf Builder WinterGuard. It'll save you work, improve your soil, and add nutrients. Here's how to do it.

Chop those leaves with your mower.

Take the grass catcher off your mower and mow over all the leaves on your lawn. You want to reduce your leaf clutter to dime-size pieces. You're done when about half an inch of grass can be seen through the mulched leaf layer. Once the leaf bits settle in,  microbes and worms get to work recycling them.

Feed your lawn to speed up the process.

Microbes do a better job recycling carbon from your leaves when they have
nitrogen. Scotts Turf Builder WinterGuard helps break down the mulched
leaves faster.  So your grass will grow better, and your microbes will work
harder, when you feed your lawn after mulching those leaves.

See great results in the Spring.

When spring arrives, you will notice something. The leaf litter you mulched
up in the Fall will have disappeared. Your rake will look dusty and neglected.
And your grass will look greener than ever.