I had a nice bag of leaves for the compost pile that I decided could be better used as mulch right now. I put it all on the strawberries as those are the big investment relative to onion sets and potatoes seed eyes.
Leaves for strawberries
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What about putting the leaves inside your tubs?
I thought about it but I ran out of extra leaves. There are more leaves in the backyard but I want them to protect anything growing there too.