It was a misty morning last week when I walked up the lane to see what the Oaks were doing. They are losing a few leaves but most are still on the tree and still a lot of green to be seen
with others turning brown and yellow.
There are a couple of Ash trees up the lane that were much yellower and fewer leaves hanging on
The huge sugar beet field on one side of the lane is still waiting to be harvested
And now you can definitely see this field below, on the other side of the lane, was sown with oil-seed rape straight into the stubble - I wasn't sure last month.
And in the photo below the wheat ( I assume it's winter sown wheat) is coming through, turning the field from brown to green. The grass on the edge at the bottom of the photo has been sprayed with weed-killer so it doesn't spread into the field.
In the hedgerow the blackberries have gone mouldy and shrivelled
And just one pink campion hanging on on the grass verge
My new header photo for Halloween week is a full moon behind clouds with the spooky Olive tree that's out the front of my bungalow
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Sue
Well, that weed killer sprayed grass does nothing for the environment, which other than that seems really lovely and doing well round there. Did you see the news yesterday about the Tree of the Year?
ReplyDeleteYour new header picture is lovely
ReplyDeleteThank you for the picture round up,much the same as our fields here in Essex. The header is ideal for Halloween very atmospheric. Pam
ReplyDeleteI agree with Debbie. Better to leave it to be fallow and of use to wildlife. Still plenty of leaves on the oak trees here, but some have gone over more than others. Sycamores losing their leaves fast and the beech trees in the garden are a beautiful colour now.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your monthly tree reports. Yes we have seasons and deciduous trees etc here in Melbourne but the whole autumn/winter scenario is so very different.
ReplyDeleteThe months will pass quickly and It won’t be too long before you are all looking for green tips on the branches as the leaves reappear.
I guess they sprayed the whole field after harvest and some caught the banks. Banks are not sprayed normally. It looks like a pretty rough field in fact. No beautiful seed bed.
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