Each Autumn (Fall) there is a great changing of the guard in Northern climates around the world where green is replaced by contrasting reds, oranges and yellows. What are leaves? Before you can understand why leaves change their colors in the fall, you need to know what they do. Leaves are essentially the engine of the tree, the roots gather up water and other trace minerals / nutrients from the soil and bring them up to their leaves. The leaves [...]




