But those piles of crisp leaves can lose their luster after a few weeks. So before autumn is in full swing, learn the different things you can do with leaves in yard and why you shouldn’t burn them.

P laying in a pile of red, yellow, orange and brown autumn leaves is undoubtedly one of the most fun things anyone can do this time of year. Crunching over them, sweeping them into giant mounts ...

They love the moist leaves, because they breathe through their skins, and their skins need to be wet to work. In the autumn they wriggle up from the ground into the piles of damp autumn leaves.