Putting the Garden to bed for the Winter

[Kent]

I just gather all of the leaves that I can from several neighbors. I end up piling leaves, on the garden, at least 4' high and maybe even a little higher. For the past few years, I have gone to no-till garden, so if the leaves aren't totally broken down when I am ready to plant, I just push them aside enough to be able to plant my garden. I do add some nitrogen to the soil, because decomposing that many leaves uses up some nitrogen (or so I have been told).