Re: If winter comes....
I saw my first junco about a week ago. There still are not too many
here, yet. First hard freeze was the beginning of the week, but I
covered my lettuce, spinach, and radishes with a row cover and a
tarp, and they breezed through it. Warming a little again. Very dry
here, too, but not officially a "drought".
Cathy, west central IL, z5b
On Nov 9, 2007, at 8:36 AM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
> We had the first hard frost here two nights ago - really late for
> that. Yesterday the leaves all came down from the Gingko biloba
> tree. That always happens the day after the first frost.. This
> morning I saw the first Juncos of the season. The Goldfinches
> all lost their brilliant color weeks ago.
> Fall color has been better than I had expected with the drought.
> On the days when the sun shines, it is pretty brilliant, but too
> many days have been dank and gloomy without any rain. I
> don't quite understand why there has been so much variation
> in the coloration - there are still quite a lot of maples and some
> other trees that are still quite green, while others have turned
> and the leaves fallen. The dogwoods began turning back in
> August, but some still have leaves. I shouldn't complain about
> the lengthy season, but I do wish it would rain. Hurricane Noel
> brought us less than two inches and there has been nothing
> since. I hate going into the winter with the ground so dry.
> Auralie
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