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What to Do With Dry Leaves — Manage or Donate?

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Post published:October 28, 2025
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Every year, cities like Pune face the same problem — heaps of dry leaves collected in gunny bags, left to be burned. What looks like a quick fix creates toxic…

The Butterflies in My Garden

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Post published:October 23, 2020
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Garden is not just plants. It is sum total of much more than what our eyes can see. Garden is the passion, the hardwork. It is a living and breathing…

How to Create a Butterfly Garden

Post author:Aditi Deodhar
Post published:September 1, 2020
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Brown Leaf is the forum for eco-friendly management of dry leaves. Mulching, composting and gardening are our focus areas. Why, then are we discusisng about butterflies? Yes, that is a…

My Terrace Gardening Experience

Post author:Aditi Deodhar
Post published:August 25, 2020
Post category:Brown Leaf Community ecofriendly ways to manage dry leaves Soil-less Gardens
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Covid 19 disrupted our life as never before. Everything happened quickly, with no time to analyse, plan. All one had to do was, take the change in one's stride. For…

Vermi-composting: An amazing step by step guide for the beginners

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Post published:August 18, 2020
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All one needs is first successful compost. Once that is achieved, journey is easy. Many people give up before that. It is not the complexity of the process that discourages…

My Green Corner

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Post published:August 11, 2020
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'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.' 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed,…

Terrace garden – Upcycling wet waste

Post author:Aditi Deodhar
Post published:August 4, 2020
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Does waste exist? Mostly in our mind. Yes, think about it. Waste is waste only if we think it is. In this blog, Sonali tells us about her terrace garden,…

Brown Leaf Video Series #2

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Post published:July 28, 2020
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Brown Leaf Video 2: Why exactly trees shed leaves? Trees lose water through the pores on the leaves called Stomata. Image courtesy: dreamstime.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_lK_6lsoTk In summer, when trees need to…

Enclosure Composting

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Post published:July 23, 2020
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Here is the 3rd method, enclosure composting. Pit and pile are very cost-effective methods. They need minimum efforts. But often, people feel the pit and pile do not look neat.…

Gaurav Shukla Compost

Guest Blog: How to manage dry leaves

Post author:Aditi Deodhar
Post published:July 21, 2020
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There are so many ways of making compost. In this wonderful Guest Blog, Gaurav Shukla shares his successful experience of composting. Guess what he used as a composter? An earthen…