“🍂 Leaves Are Falling, Time to Get Crawling! Why Your Yard Needs Compost, Worm Power & a Tree Spa This Fall"

As the days get shorter and the leaves start piling up, your garden is quietly preparing for its long winter nap. Fall isn’t just a season of cozy sweaters and pumpkin spice—it’s also the best time to give your soil and trees the nourishment they need to thrive when spring arrives. The secret? Compost, vermicompost, and a little extra love for your trees.

1️⃣ Fall Compost

Fall composting is like tucking your soil into a warm blanket before winter. With the ground still holding warmth and autumn moisture, microbes stay active well into the colder months. As winter sets in, the snow acts as an insulating blanket, keeping soil temperatures more stable and protecting those busy microbes below the surface. That means your compost keeps breaking down, and by spring you’ve got a nutrient-rich soil boost ready and waiting. Even better, fall compost improves soil structure so snowmelt water soaks in instead of running off. Think of it as a head start for healthier, stronger growth.

2️⃣ Vermicompost (Worm Castings)

Worm castings are nature’s probiotics for your soil. Rich in beneficial microbes, they colonize the soil before freeze-up, establishing a living soil food web that goes to work as soon as temperatures rise. By the time your plants wake up, the nutrients are already cycling and available. A fall dose of vermicompost means your lawn, perennials, and garden beds don’t just survive winter—they wake up ready to grow.

3️⃣ Fall Tree Spray

Your trees deserve a spa day, too. A fall spray of compost tea, nourishes bark and buds, strengthening them against overwintering pests and disease. And here’s the fascinating part: back in the 1600s, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) was the first to peer through a microscope and discover the world of microorganisms. Today, those same microbial allies are harnessed in compost teas to protect trees, improve resilience, and set them up for a vigorous burst of growth in spring.

🪱 The Fall Secret

What you feed your soil now decides how strong and healthy your garden will be in the spring. Compost builds structure, worm castings build biology, and sprays give trees a final boost before dormancy. Together, they don’t just add nutrients—they create living systems that keep working all winter long, safely tucked under snow’s insulating blanket.