If those dead leaves stayed on the trees ... I’m constantly cleaning up needles from my Christmas tree in December. So they do fall off! That’s because the tree has been cut down and cannot ...

"If you look at these other trees up here, they're all dead, ready to fall down," he said. Connor McGivney is a certified arborist who works for Jake's Tree Service in Glen Mills. He said he could ...

but nature gives us a gift by letting leaves fall from trees. Why not accept it and see its benefits to your plants? You can even ask your neighbors to use their leaves if you're running low.

First, birds tend to nest higher up and further out on the branches. They'll also often leave behind leaves and only use ...