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Bag leaves, smother weeds and plant new things

Jerry Klinken, Maryland

If you bag up your leaves in plastic trash bags each fall, check out Jerry’s tips for putting the bags of leaves to use: After he fills them up, he lays them flat to cover the ground in an

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