Using leaf litter

I've gathered all the leaves into the paths around my beds in order to create warmth enough to encourage worms to eat and cast beautifully crumbly soil on the ground all through the winter months.
I'm also hoping it suppresses weeds although even if it doesn't the soil will be loose and easy to work in spring when I will move it onto the beds.
This is the cycle of digging the paths to craft depth and adding the dig to the beds to build height so that as I age the bending should become less.
That's the theory which seems to be working slowly but surely x