I like all the seasons for different reasons, but I do love Autumn! Today, in the garden, there were a few signs that Autumn is on its way - sedums starting to colour up, Japanese anemones, Michaelmas daisies, etc. Hopefully a few more warm and sunny weeks yet though!
Definitely not BradfordLass!! We don't grow GM crops here except as experiments and import a limited amount for animal feed.
Farmers have generally always harvested cereal crops in August - that is why we have the traditional long school holidays then, so that children could help in days gone by.
Fruit, some vegetables eg pumpkins, ripen later so apples etc are harvested in September, October and the Harvest Festival is after all is 'safely gathered in'.
Just when you think it feels autumnal the temperature is set to go up again next weekend.
Cooler evenings and changing leaves here too- Starlings have begun to gather and I haven't seen any oriole for weeks- Hummingbirds are feeding heavily as are bees-
I m hanging onto my shorts, weather reports are next three weeks to be nice warm and summery the only reason I fear autumn is the thought of winter taking over What made you think we had genetically modified crops bradfordlass most people are against them here Do you have them over there?
Definitely an autumnal feel to the air when I walked the dogs this morning. Lovely, absolutely my favourite season. Hopefully the flies which have been a really big problem this year will disappear.
I had considered putting away the summer clothes as it's been chilly this last week.(cardis in full use). But the weather man says it could be back to 27 degrees by Friday, so maybe it's not quite autumn yet.
Another simply beautiful arrangement Lisagran, far nicer than bought flowers. I do sometimes wish I had a bigger garden but will plant the small plot with plenty of autumn colour such as dogwood. Can you recommend any small bushes to go in half barrel tubs? Something that looks good all year round. Thank you.