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There are several factors that determine how fast your mulch, no matter what is used, will be digested starting with how healthy your soil is. If you have a good, active Soil Food Web they will digest your mulch (provided it is not stone or rubber) fairly quickly, but that then depends on the type of material and wood chips can take longer then would shredded leaves. Thickness is also a factor, because the more there is to digest the longer it will take, but in some of my beds wood chips 4 to 6 inches thick get digested in 2 years. Shredded leaves are an excellent mulch, although in my soil the shredded leaf mulch I applied last fall is now gone leaving the soil now bare and exposed to the ravages of the sun, wind, and rain. There is no need to remove a mulch from a planting bed, unless your soil is in such bad condition that the plants have a difficult time growing. I would put shredded leaves on top of the wood chips. I find that the soil bacteria apparently work on the easier to digest leaves because after spring I see few, if any, leaves and only see the wood chips. Leaves, left whole on grass, can keep the grass from gettng access to the sunlight all plants need to grow so whole leaves could kill the grass they cover. You can mulch mow those leaves into your turf and the soil bacteria will move them into the soil for you feeding your grass so it grows better next year. Joe Vargas turf grass students, back in the 1980's, mulch mowed leaves into a turf plot at MSU and found the grass in that plot (nothing else was done except normal watering) grew greener, thicker, faster than any other grass plot they had.

If you wouldn't mind clarifying a bit, since I have quite a few figlettes that were rooted this winter. I was sure to pluck off any fruits that formed _during_ the rooting process, and once I had good roots I installed them this spring. Now, 5 months later these plants are happily growing, have been pinched at about 3 to 4 feet (wherever "12 leaves up" was) and any side branches have been pinched at "6 leaves". They are forming fruits. Since these are still considered "first year" plants, should I still pluck off any fruits that I see forming. This is an example of a Jack's Quarter Pounder that was rooted this winter, and planted in March: Jacks_quarter_pounder.jpg Jacks_quarter_pounder_fruiting.jpg

OK: first, the long answer: I am guessing that what you are interested is using a custom hood "surround"--which is a hood, often built by your cabinet maker, out of wood, stone, tile, stucco, copper, etc etc--to your exact specs. It is actually a "sham" hood--the actual ventilation is done by a stainless steel hood liner, which sits flush with the inside of your hood surround. The liner is what actually captures the smoke, and contains the grease trapping apparatus, typically some type of baffle system. It is exhausted by a fan ("blower") which can sit either inside the hood itself and which blows the exhaust out a run of ductwork that exhausts somewhere else--usually roof or wall, You can also use an external blower, located on the roof or in the attic. There are big advantages especially regarding noise levels, but that's beyond the scope of this post--see other threads for detailed discussion. Here are a couple to get you started: help with ventilation Range hood decision Very confused on hood The cost may be slightly more than a stainless steel hood, but the difference may be surprisingly little if you choose well. It's a two part process to get price quote. First you need to design and get someone to build the hood surround--again, that's most commonly your cabinet person, unless you're doing something exotic, like hammered copper. Then, you need to choose a good hood liner. I am a huge Modern Aire fan based on my experience and that of many others who post on this Forum: Modern Aire Ventilation The short answer: Contact Modern Aire. I may get flamed for my overt Modern Aire bias, and it's absolutely true that there are many other great options, but the one thing that Modern Aire has is Jeff Herman, their hood expert, who will spend endless time with you by phone or email to help you design exactly the right hood. Much preferable to spending dozens of hours reading posts like these :-) Take a look around, especially on the GW Appliance Forum. There are many other options. For example, erikanh and klb have these gorgeous Modern Aire barrel hoods: if you scroll down through these threads, you'll see pictures: erikanh's hood klb's hood Post back with questions to help get you started. I can also get Jeff Herman directly in touch with you if you'd like, just email me through GW.