Oh boy all those fall leaves are like gold to me, I seem to be the only one in my area who goes around and grabs as many bags of leaves i can before they get picked up by the trash company. I use them on everything and yes the leftovers go in the mulch pile. Glad to have read the article on gathering other peoples leaves people here think i'm nuts. If only they knew what they really have, oh well more for me. Poobles.