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Gutters collect falling autumn leaves | Tony Tomeo | Home & Garden
Autumn is also fall for a reason. It is the season during which most deciduous foliage will fall. Some deciduous trees that lack good fall color may look neater without their shabby old foliage. Sadly, though, the splendidly colorful deciduous trees must shed also. All that collective debris that succumbs to weather and gravity gets messy and can clog gutters. Evergreen plants shed, too. They are just sneakier about it. Some shed old foliage during spring or summer while simultaneously replacing it to stay evergreen. Some shed slowly but steadily for several months, rather than concentrating the mess within a brief season. Many shed during autumn, though, as wind and…