Fall is such a beautiful ... in the leaves that influence autumn colors: While leaves are growing, chlorophyll is constantly “produced and broken down,” and that’s why leaves appear green ...

Chlorophyll is the green chemical that captures the sunlight and this breaks down in autumn, showing the other colours underneath. The leaves fall, thousands of tons of them and three members of a ...

Store in a shady spot and the following autumn the leaves will have rotted down into a rich, crumbly mixture that can be used as a mulch around the base of plants. Let the leaves rot down for ...