LittleErnie's Blog

Autumn has really set in
Oct 26, 2007 | 12:57 PM PST
Tag: Autumn or Fall
The difference between autumn and fall is -I suppose - autumn is a really long process. Some trees are still green, others are a mix of green and gold whilst some are purple and bronze and a few are bare. The holly looks polished and sparkling with its red berries. The ivy has flowers and some berriesthat are turning black. The wild mistletoe seems to have white berries in profusion. The temperature dropped last week to 2 degs C (36 F) at night but has climbed to 8C 46.4F and it is slightly warmaer during the day. This is a confusion weekend because the clocks are put back one hour to GMT. In the garden all the container plants have been put in the greenhouse (glasshouse), the back hawthorn hedge severly cut back and the grass cut. If you have the nerve to wait all the spring bulbs in the garden centres will be reduced in price to make way for the Christmas gifts. The fish pond, pump, cacade and waterfall have all been serviced. The major task now is to clear up hedge trimmings. In my town we all have three wheelie bins (trash cans?). In the brown one garden rubbish is placed and the council turn it into compost using a shredding and sterilisation process, the green one takes paper, cans, plastic bottles, aerosoles (airosoles) and like products for recycling and the black bin takes non recyclable stuff. Other items are picked up by request. It is belived that the winter in the UK is going to be harsh because the Buick Swans have arrive two weeks early this year from Siberia. Where I live if the wind comes from the east in winter it can be very cold because the nearest mountains to the east are the Urals. This means that the air comes from them over the great european plain. We call this a lazy wind - it does not go round you but through you. On the bright side the winter jasmine gives a bold splash of bright yellow on these dull days. With life and gardening there is always hope around the corner