AUTUMN leaves are beginning to fall thick and fast, but burning or binning them isn't kind to the environment. HDRA, the charitable organic organisation, has produced a free leaflet for readers on how to turn garden leaves, cheaply and easily, into leaf mould, a really good soil conditioner.

To obtain the leaflet, readers should send a large self-addressed envelope to the address below.

Jackie Gear,

Executive director,

HDRA,

Ryton Organic Gardens,

Coventry, CV8 3LG.

Updated: 12:04 Saturday, October 19, 2002