Well autumn is here! Football, trips to the orchard, Halloween, shorter days and cooler nights. Shorter days are the signal to the trees that it is time for them to rest. As the days get shorter and shorter, the trees have less light available for photosynthesis to take place. Do you remember Photosynthesis? Photosynthesis is the process where water from the root system is combined with carbon dioxide and sunlight to form glucose, or food, for the plant or tree. So as the amount of beneficial sunlight decreases, trees begin to store