Some trees bare, others still fully clad, but overall, a majority of deciduous foliage is on the ground.

*Liriodendron tulipifera* still holding on.

Locusts, maples, ashes, crabapples and others have lost all. The oaks are half bare.

While it’s best to mulch leaves, not to remove them, the presence of so many trees can leave a thick (and when wet, heavy) mat in spots. Therefore, we make a first grinding pass with the mower, compress them into the trailer, and take them to the compost center. Everything else that comes down or blows in from now on will be mulched.