When is leaf gathering time?

Some of the Soft Maples have just started to change won't be long and the swamp will be ablaze with color!

 

I use fallen leaves to mulch flower and shrub gardens for winter protection. Then in the spring I rake them out and use the mulching mower on them. IEven using leaves as garden protection, I still end up mowing leaves in the fall.

 

I do the same, one big voluminous pile over the Winter collected with the riding mower and then used in Spring and Summer as mulch to help keep the weeds down and for moisture retention.

 

We generally mulch as we mow.

Too much yardage to try to gather them all up. I should attach the lawn sweeper and collect some for composting though.

Beautiful pics Dennis.

 

I blew some leaves last week. No colors yet though.
The maple trees are dropping leaves here. Maybe too much water or not enough sun?.... They're getting black spots on the leaves.

 

Same here. Was wondering about the black spots. I don't recall them last year.

 

Black Tar fungus...
Riding the Whites peak colors, beautiful

 

Nothing much happening here yet (north of Rogers City, MI). A few yellow leaves popping up on the birch and poplars, but not much else.

 

Our cherry tree has been dropping leaves for a couple weeks. It usually starts late August or early September. Our red maple tends to turn early as well, but continues to hold its leaves for quite a while. They all get mowed into the grass.


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Good info midwinter.


Can't be certain that the Black Tar Fungus is Amungus, but I've noticed spots on a LOT of leaves of late, not only the Maples, but the Ash and Shagbark Hickory as well.

Guess it's time for a leaf burning.
Hope the breeze is from the North, otherwise will smoke out the valley.

 

As you can see autumn is close - in 2 weeks time its gonnae look magic.
Sorry quality is bad - good ole cell phone.

 

In a few weeks..I'll get this out about once a week. First to clean the leaves off the driveway n then the yard about twice. All said n done...I'll fill it up about 10 times..

 

Fall colors are into their full swing here now.

 

yooperdave Must have changed fast. There was very little color when we left the UP on the 10th of Sept.

 

Close, but not quite peak yet.

 

They sure are changing fast! Last week was major color shift for many of the trees.

Ash are now a yellow/brown and falling/

Maples are still spotty with lots of green stands but lots of stands changing.

Heck, I've even seen a few aspen with their bright yellow/almost orange.

 

Was camping in central VT this weekend and got a pretty heavy frost. Colors should be changing quick after that.