Dump the leaves on your garden. I read about a method where the guy does this. He doesn’t even turn the soil. He just keeps throwing on Mulch of leaves or whatever he has handy.
His theory was that no one does anything in the forest, and stuff grows, so why waste all that effort. Anyway, I would not waste the leaves.
When you plant, make sure you go into the soil, and not just into the mulch.
I would also point out that a space in your garden, if not in use during the winter for plants, can be the location of your compost pile and will likely be ready by spring planting.
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I have two compost areas. One is in the back yard corner and the other is in a garbage plastic. I put all our kitchen fruits and veggies in the plastic, kick around the
back hard, upright it, spill in some soil, seal it and wait for the next kitchen goodies to go in it.