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What’s the best way to use leaves in the garden? | Cross River Real Estate

What’s the best way to use leaves in the garden?

Leaves are one of the main ingredients of the dark, rich humus that covers  the forest floor — nature’s compost. A gardener can replicate that humus by  mixing carbon-rich leaves with nitrogen-rich manure or grass clippings to make  compost.

Maintaining an active compost pile in winter can be a challenge, however. An  easier alternative is to use leaves in the garden in fall, says Abigail Maynard,  associate agricultural scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment  Station, who has studied the use of leaves as a garden soil amendment for more  than 10 years.

If possible, shred your leaves first with a chipper-shredder or mower; the  smaller pieces will break down faster. Spread the chopped leaf mulch over your  garden soil, then incorporate it with a tiller or spade. “By spring, almost all  of the chopped leaves will be completely decomposed,” Maynard says.

Maynard’s research has shown that amending soil with maple or oak leaves  alone probably won’t boost yields the way adding finished compost does, but she  says using leaves in the garden does add organic matter to the soil. Organic  matter improves soil structure, holds nutrients and moisture that are released  slowly to plants, and provides food for beneficial soil organisms.

Maynard suggests adding a nitrogen-rich fertilizer, such as aged manure, in  spring. (Nitrogen added in fall could leach away by spring.)

 

 

 

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50 Years Later, Relive the Destruction of Old Penn Station in Photos | Katonah NY Real Estate

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It was 50 years ago today that demolition began on the New York icon that evokes intense nostalgia and mourning even today: the old Pennsylvania Station. To honor the day, Atlantic Cities rounded up some beautiful photos of the transit hub in its prime, but Curbed has opted to immerse us all in sad images of the de-construction process, as plans for Madison Square Garden loomed ahead. After all, it was the painful ripping apart of the soaring archways, domed ceilings, handsome columns, and more that lit a fire under the arse of the coalition that eventually made New York’s landmarks law a reality. The extensive demolition porn of yore comes to you courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York’s wonderfully extensive photo archives. Below, you’ll also find a handful of photos of Penn when it was still gloriously intact, which kinda intensifies the grief a little. While the site’s future remains uncertain—could we feasibly see a bonkers starchitect-designed railway station in our lifetimes?—the past is, sadly, a done deal.

Many Markets Still Underpriced and Primed for Growth | South Salem NY Homes

Prices in half the 315 markets covered by Local Market Monitor were flat through the first half of the year, but the slow takeoff only means most homeowners can expect steadily higher home prices during the next few years.

Part of the reason is that many markets are still under-priced relative to local incomes, some by 25 percent and more. In these markets, prices fell too far and buyers can now get a lot of house for their money.

Foreclosures still cloud the data in places like Phoenix, Las Vegas, and a good number of California and Florida markets. The value of the average home bears little relation to the bidding wars for cheap foreclosed properties.

 

 

http://www.realestateeconomywatch.com/2013/09/many-markets-still-underpriced-and-primed-for-growth/

 

Mortgage Bankers Report Foreclosures Are Falling in Lewisboro | Lewisboro NY Real Estate

Fewer homes are falling into foreclosure, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Thursday. 

The percentage of homes that entered some stage of foreclosure in the third quarter fell to 13.52 percent compared to 14.42 percent in the second quarter in part because of state and federal investigations into procedural errors, the bankers said. 

Mortgages more than three months overdue also fell during the third quarter to 8.7 percent of all loans, down from 9.11 percent in the second quarter. 

The bankers say it is too early to know whether this represents a positive trend because once the foreclosure investigations grind to a halt, foreclosure activity will pick up.  

Elizabeth Duke, a Federal Reserve Board governor, testified that the Fed expected about 2.25 million foreclosure filings this year and in 2011, and 2 million in 2012. “They will remain extremely high by historical standards,” Duke said in a prepared statement. 

Source: The New York Times, David Streitfeld (11/18/2010)

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