I have started a kindling collection from the branches that my oak trees shed. I'll use it in my wood stove in the winter, along with logs and perhaps even coal. There's a dead city tree that I pass by on my walks--I wonder if I could get the logs when they cut it down (it as a big orange X on it, so I assume it's on the list). I live in the city, but I do have a nice big compost area in my back yard, and I really enjoy all that work, especially in the crisp, fall weather.

My vegetable garden is pretty small this year, but I hope it will be bigger and more productive next year. I use all that composted leaf mulch on my perennials, too, of which I have many.