Are the leaves piling up in your yard? You might want to think twice about trying to rake them away, experts say. Some experts have recommended for years that we leave the leaves where they land, and ...

Here comes the free mulch! And compost, and fertilizer, and insulation — all swirling down from the trees in the form of colorful leaves. “The leaves that fall in autumn are a gift,” said Spencer ...

There’s not much better than seeing leaves change color in the fall. But there’s not much worse than dealing with a yard covered in them. To prepare for the cold temperatures ahead, the trees in your ...

One of the main drivers in leaves beginning the process of changing color has to do with the shorter days and longer nights. As the seasons start to change, and nights grow longer, leaves begin the ...

Leaves have been browning and falling prematurely for weeks now due to late summer’s dry weather, but the real fall leaf drop will take hold in a few more weeks. Is the resulting blanketing of the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The latest map shows fall colors are just starting to emerge across parts of northern and southern Minnesota. That means it's only a matter of time before the leaves drop. You may think ...

As the season shifts from summer to fall marked by cooler weather and leaves changing color and falling, lawn and garden maintenance shifts, too. The lawn may soon be covered in piles of leaves. Some ...

WELLESLEY - As trees drop their leaves in New England and residents break out the rakes, could the solution be just to let the leaves alone? Could not bagging up the leaves be the environmentally ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The fall season is quickly wrapping up and, as the winter chill inches closer, the life cycle of fall colors will end, leaving trees with only their branches left to stand. Throughout ...

DAYTON, OHIO (WDTN) – As changing leaves fall and pile up on the curb, they could present a fire risk when cars park over them. It’s the season for that distinct fall smell of falling off trees and ...

Every fall season, nature lovers look forward to scenic fall foliage. But do we know the science behind why leaves do this once the temperatures start dropping? Here's how nature creates art during ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cold weather has firmly taken hold of us here in central Ohio, and with it what remains of the leaves in our trees are falling to the ground, blanketing roads, lawns, ...