Don't rake your leaves!

[Catherine]

I don't do garden cleanup until spring. I let the dying flowers and falling leaves do what nature intended. All I did was some pruning so that shrubs don't crowd each other out. The rest I left natural. I have an old log lying in the back garden and I am sure it is becoming the home of many things. I know the birds hang around my yard all day. They use the neighbour's feeders for food and my trees as a social site. Even in the city, nature can thrive.

When we stop trying to control nature and keep it tidy, then life can thrive. That is what we are trying to encourage people to do, let nature have a chance. In the end we will be rewarded with much more beautiful gardens with more bees, butterflies and birds.
All this from just leaving things alone and letting them do what nature intended. What could be simpler.