Frost & Fall

Woke up this morning to 35 degrees and frost on the ground. Fall has really arrived. Soon it will be time to put up the bird feeders. Over the past week or so I just about finished raking up the leaves in the backyard. Our black walnut trees are always the first ones to drop their leaves in the fall and the first to grow them back in the spring.

This year was a very lean year for black walnuts dropping in our yard. I actually had no bags of nuts this year. Most of the few that came down I tossed into the wayback of the yard for the squirrels to get. I only had about 16 bags of leaves and nuts this year. Last year was a banner year with 74 bags. Before last year the largest number of bags in a year was 60. Usually there are about 20 to 30 bags.

Yesterday I took down the clothes line... another sure sign of fall. No more hanging laundry in the backyard for awhile. And of course our burning bush is bright red.