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| TOMATOES RIPENING RIGHT ON TIME |
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| "MOP HEAD" HYDRANGEA BLOOMING WEEKS LATE |
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| FROST ASTER BLOOMING ON TIME |
Saturday, 8:30 AM. 65 degrees F, wind N, light. The sky is mostly clear but hazy. The humidity is still high at 92%. The barometer is up slightly at 29. 91". It is a beautiful morning but may be an unsettled day.
I have been posting "signs of fall" for several weeks, and suddenly it is actually fall, which is for all practical purposes ushered in for us by the Labor Day weekend! It has been such a reluctant summer that I am at a loss to make any predictions about the fall and winter ahead of us. But for now, we will post a few more indicators of fall.
The "mop head" P G Hydrangea on the southeast corner of the house is finally blooming, at least three weeks late. On the other hand, we are harvesting tomatoes, just about on time. The fall asters, starting with the frost aster, Aster ericoides, are beginning to bloom, obviously afraid that if they do not, they will not get the chance to set seed before it snows.
Some of the almanacs are predicting a long winter, with a lot of snow. It's hard to say, and harder yet to say whether it will be early. Last winter was pretty open until almost spring, when we had a ton of the white stuff dumped on us, so the law of averages says we are due for a snowy season.
The recent drought is over, and trees and gardens should go into winter in good shape. I am guessing it will be a colorful fall, but with all the lush tree growth an early snow load on weak, leafy branches could be disastrous.
I remember one early snowfall in New York and New England, I think it was 1986 or '87 that was enormously damaging and caused power outages that lasted weeks in many places. Downed trees and limbs were scattered everywhere like match sticks, and it took several years for things to recover fully.
The "mop head" P G Hydrangea on the southeast corner of the house is finally blooming, at least three weeks late. On the other hand, we are harvesting tomatoes, just about on time. The fall asters, starting with the frost aster, Aster ericoides, are beginning to bloom, obviously afraid that if they do not, they will not get the chance to set seed before it snows.
Some of the almanacs are predicting a long winter, with a lot of snow. It's hard to say, and harder yet to say whether it will be early. Last winter was pretty open until almost spring, when we had a ton of the white stuff dumped on us, so the law of averages says we are due for a snowy season.
The recent drought is over, and trees and gardens should go into winter in good shape. I am guessing it will be a colorful fall, but with all the lush tree growth an early snow load on weak, leafy branches could be disastrous.
I remember one early snowfall in New York and New England, I think it was 1986 or '87 that was enormously damaging and caused power outages that lasted weeks in many places. Downed trees and limbs were scattered everywhere like match sticks, and it took several years for things to recover fully.
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