Helpful Hints: Rake your fall leaves into one pile. Mow them to shred them into smaller pieces. Then rake them into black plastic garbage bags. Stack bags on top of each other, store in a sunny spot, and wait until spring. When spring arrives, open the bags and spread the contents on your annual and perennial beds. Why, you might ask! You have just made your own compost. This is called leaf mold. By spring, this coarsely decomposed compost makes a great soil amendment and is excellent mulch for your flowerbeds. To help this compost along, add a little Hi-Yield Compost Maker to the plastic bags before closing.