The ground is getting thick with soggy/scrunchy leaves. Where they fall on the beds I leave them be. If they're somewhere I don't want them e.g. on a path I sweep them onto the beds or gather them to make leaf mold.

 There is a regrettable notion that fallen leaves are untidy. Nature is tidy on a colossal scale. Trees grow out of the soil. They drop their leaves which replenishes the soil. Is there any such thing as an untidy forest?