Has “fall cleanup” been on your backyard to-do list? This October, skip the raking and #LeaveTheLeaves 🍂🍁 Fallen leaves are essential for the health of ecosystems & enriching the nutrient cycle. Along with plant stems, they provide overwintering habitat for birds, bees, butterflies & so many more! 🐝

Salamanders, turtles, and frogs, oh my!🦎🍂🐸

These amphibians love the leaves. For many frogs and salamanders, fallen leaves are an important spot for overwintering. ❄️🍂

Learn about seven species that need you to #LeaveTheLeaves 📲: https://ow.ly/3M1x50ZU6BB

Have you ever wondered where butterflies go in winter? The answer is right underfoot. 🦋🍂👣

Dozens of butterfly species in the U.S. depend on the leaf layer for some part of their life cycle. 🐛

Learn more about #LeaveTheLeaves 📲: https://ow.ly/c8wp50ZU6ik

SuperDog Rex loves his leaves - seems to be almost as good as diving into fresh snow

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IT'S FALL Y'ALL 🍂🐛🐢🐸🦎🦋🍂

Which means (drum roll, please 🥁)... It's #LeaveTheLeaves Month! 🍁🐛

During October, we will be highlighting various species that rely on leaf layers. 🚨

Comment your favorite species using emojis below! ⏬

And - your dogs will LOVE you for it!

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Fallen leaves play an integral role with food, warmth & shelter for lots of animals, so help them by leaving the leaves instead of raking them. 🦎🍁🍂🐝 #LeaveTheLeaves

#Leaves are #habitat, not trash.
One of the most valuable things you can do to support #pollinators/ #invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need.
Leaves,brush piles,fallen logs,plant stems,and flower heads are homes for #wildlife!
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With the coming of fall, a reminder to leave your leaves! Don't rake where you don't have to. Insects need those leaves to keep their eggs warm over winter. There are lots of reasons for insect population decline, but you have direct control over one of them!

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Leaf season approaching! Learn what is most beneficial to thr most damaging #leavetheleaves

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Every year we make the case for keeping leaves, branches, & plant stems in your yard. Bugs need them for shelter! That’s not to say you can’t tidy up: rake leaves into garden beds, around trees, or just in a pile out of the way. All we ask is that you #LeaveTheLeaves! 🍂🐝
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🍂 That "messy" fall garden? It's actually a 5-star hotel for native bees, birds & salamanders. Leaf litter = insulation. Standing stems = shelter for 30% of bee species. Your rake can wait, wildlife can't.

Learn what to do instead: wildscapemuse.com/blog

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A layer of leaves can help protect the soil, support insects and provide valuable cover when wildlife needs it most.

Sometimes, the best thing we can do for wildlife is simply leave its habitat alone.

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