Rob Greenlee walks through how Connecticut's forests transform seasonally. Fallen leaves create an insulating layer protecting tree roots in winter, while fall turns the landscape into a rainbow of colors. Visit June through August or October for peak scenery.
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So if you haven't ever been here, this is a big reason why. In the fall, which is coming up soon, all these leaves are going to change color, and that's what creates this rainbow of a fall here in, in Connecticut. In the— I mean, this happens all across New England, and, and you can see all these trees that are here. All these trees are going to lose all their leaves, so what you see in the winter months is basically what looks like is a bunch of dead trees. So that's why I wanted to show you what summer looks like in Connecticut, because some of the videos that I've made show Connecticut in the winter months, which is pretty stark and, and kind of— what can I say— almost like a, like a fire blew through and burned everything. That's kind of what it looks like. And a lot of what looks like dead trees, but they're not dead. They're still very much alive and still thriving and doing well. So, and then it creates this perfect kind of natural experience in the summer months. So if you ever wanted to go to Connecticut, I would say from June through the end of August. And probably into October depending on if you want to see all of the colors that are going to be with these trees. It's a beautiful scene. It creates quite a mess because ultimately all those leaves fall. So the ground is like a foot deep of dead leaves, but that creates an insulated layer for the ground for these trees to survive a harsh winter. So I just wanted to share that with you in, in a walk talk. This isn't going to be a video about any kind of political or controversial social topic. This is just a quick video about Connecticut and its natural habitat and its natural scenic experience. And I'm sure this is very much like what you get up in Vermont, or you get up in Massachusetts, or in a lot of places in the state of New York, or further up in Maine. And those— it's a very similar type of a climate.
