Amount of greenery in meadow beginning to fall over long time (7)
I believe the answer is:
leafage
'amount of greenery' is the definition.
'leafage' can be an answer for 'greenery' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'amount of' bit.
'meadow beginning to fall over long time' is the wordplay.
'meadow' becomes 'lea' (a lea is a grassy area).
'beginning to' says to take the initial letters.
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'long time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
The initial letter of 'fall' is 'f'.
'lea'+'f'+'age'='LEAFAGE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leafage that I've seen before include "marijuana, possibly" , "Greenery" , "Gala fee (anag)" , "Foliage" , "Green growth" .)