Tree Talk: Falling Needles and Leaves

 Many people pick fall as their favorite season of the year.

 We welcome the cooler temperatures, the occasional much-needed rain with a little thunder mixed in, and the cheers of football season!

 Fall colors exhibited by deciduous trees and shrubs are a product of shorter days. Summer sunlight triggers leaves to keep making chlorophyll, necessary for photosynthesis and the whole sugar-making pro...