There's Gold in Them Thar Trees

 There’s Gold in Them Thar Trees

There’s gold in them thar trees.

Yellow gold, the fall trees returning their nutrients to the Earth for the tree’s nurturance.

These leaves, summer powerhouses of photosynthesis,  turn their life-giving energy to the soil

in fall, below the tree on which they grew, and which they nourished all summer.

In summer, leaves used water from the roots, carbon from the air, and the Sun’s energy to make sugar, which powers the growth of the tree and its fruits.

Fallen leaves replenish the tree’s nutrients.

Remember: leaves use carbon, and exhale oxygen, without which we’re dead.

Don’t rake them all, leave some for the tree.