Yes, winters here are fairly brown & gray, which is why I advocate the planting of evergreens.


We rake a lot of leaves here, too, but we start in August (or could start then, except for the heat) when the weather is so dry the trees can't support all the leaves they carry (transpiration). The leaf drop goes on til about January. This just to say we have all the leaves, but they aren't drop-dead gorgeous in the fall--just drop-dead.

Sherry :-)