Every October, the same ritual plays out on driveways and curbs across the country: rakes, blowers, and rows of paper bags ...

Towards the end of autumn the days get colder and shorter. This triggers the reduction of the plant hormone auxin in most deciduous trees, which start to shed their leaves. In natural woodlands, this ...

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” –Albert Camus Autumn is a magical season, when a leafy landscape that has been green for months is suddenly splashed with yellow, orange, and ...

People have lots of different ideas about autumn leaves but come this time of year, come what may, they are piling up all over. They fill street gutters, blanket pathways and catch in lawns. Dropped ...

As the autumn leaves turn handsomely, I’ve been wondering, why do trees bother? It’s a question scientists have been asking for the past few years, and for the first time, they’ve carried out an ...

Every year people ask me, “why haven’t the leaves fallen yet?” If autumn starts on September 1 then by early November winter should be well on its way. And yet, an amateur photographer who has ...

The calendar flipping over to October is a reminder the annual Autumn leaf color display is on its way. The perennial question is “how will the color be this year?” Predicting the quality of the fall ...

Fall's fleeting foliage season keeps people coming back to see more Head to New Hampshire, Vermont or Maine for the most famous fall foliage sites Don't forget the mountain ranges of the Western ...

Those stunning leaves in striking shades of orange, red, yellow, and brown are damaging your vehicle’s paint. Like the discolored stains autumn’s fallen leaves imprint on concrete sidewalks and patios ...

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