Autumn scene at Pine Run…with leafy details by Marc Stine:

Last year we collected a little over 200 cubic yards of leaves. To date this season we estimate to have already collected and recycled 80 yards of shredded leaves. The leaf trucks haul our donations to two offsite collection facilities that recycle them into compost and blended soil mixes.

We started picking up leaves this year in the second week of October and will continue to collect into December. Right now the majority of the leaves from our crabapples, linden, tupelo, sweetgum, locusts, ash trees and a fair number of maples are down. The trees that retain their leaves the longest on our campus are the pin oak and beech trees.