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My favorite month. It's about time too. An eleven month gap is FAR too long. The recently deceased mr. williams had it slightly wrong about the most wonderful time if the year, well his timing was off at any rate. Of course it's not the same as when I was growing up in a place that autumn had an actual feel of change to it, but I'll always have my memories. At any rate I'd like to get things started with this article in this months smithsonian magazine.

The Great New England Vampire Panic | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine

Oh, and I'm going to play around with some different avatars, please don't be overly concerned.
 
spookymulder said:
My favorite month. It's about time too. An eleven month gap is FAR too long. The recently deceased mr. williams had it slightly wrong about the most wonderful time if the year, well his timing was off at any rate. Of course it's not the same as when I was growing up in a place that autumn had an actual feel of change to it, but I'll always have my memories.
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Spooky i know exactly what you mean. October, The Fall season is my favorite as well. Kindred spirits Bro!
 
Huh ? what planet are you guys on, its spring :D

My daffodils are up, and the pond has a fresh clutch of woodland ducklings swimming around.
 
mike said:
Huh ? what planet are you guys on, its spring :D

My daffodils are up, and the pond has a fresh clutch of woodland ducklings swimming around.
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That's what they get for being on the wrong half of the planet Mike..
My Corn is in and beans and tomatoes are almost ready to go from pots to the the garden, seedlings every were and the days are getting longer.
 
Same here took a punnet of roma tomato's out of the hothouse today and planted up in the kitchen garden.

Ive long held the theory that stonehenge was just a big frost timer.

You know you always think just looking at the weather, yep the last frost has been, time to plant and then bango a late one hits and puts you back weeks.

I can see stonehenge being used to indicate that perfect planting time before paper calendars were invented.
Every village sent a representative to gather there once winter was obviously on the way out, taking some seeds with them for a symbolic blessing, and then once the shadows reached the right spot...... you beaut its back home to start the planting season.

I imagine neolithic man not having much in the way of extra grain to waste at the end of a long hard winter, so a device that timed the seasons and said anytime after today you are good to go and the seedlings wont get lost to a late frost would be very important.

Thats always struck me as an elegant and simple explanation for it
 
mike said:
Same here took a punnet of roma tomato's out of the hothouse today and planted up in the kitchen garden.

Ive long held the theory that stonehenge was just a big frost timer.

You know you always think just looking at the weather, yep the last frost has been, time to plant and then bango a late one hits and puts you back weeks.

I can see stonehenge being used to indicate that perfect planting time before paper calendars were invented.
Every village sent a representative to gather there once winter was obviously on the way out, taking some seeds with them for a symbolic blessing, and then once the shadows reached the right spot...... you beaut its back home to start the planting season.

I imagine neolithic man not having much in the way of extra grain to waste at the end of a long hard winter, so a device that timed the seasons and said anytime after today you are good to go and the seedlings wont get lost to a late frost would be very important.

Thats always struck me as an elegant and simple explanation for it
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Yeah frosts grrrrrr .. still could get one or two here but I have frost cloth out each night until late October when the chances of a frost are so close to zero as to be no problem.

Had a dew for the last three nights so I think we are getting close to the end of frosts,... but I am not going to risk it.

Should be a clear night here so if I do not get a frost on a clear night yeah its more or less over, but Canterbury can be unpredictable at the best of times.

Planting times for Tomatoes here are a little latter than I expect they are where you are so I hot house them until around the second week of October and keep frost cloth on for a few more weeks after that. same for my DEKA cucumbers as one frost and I will lose the lot.

After the frosts I have to face the Northwest winds that cause wind damage, and when the sun is up and no wind it gets blistering hot here. But that is what shade cloth and wind breaks are for.. Ah the fun of gardening in the south pacific.
 
stonehart said:
That's what they get for being on the wrong half of the planet Mike..
My Corn is in and beans and tomatoes are almost ready to go from pots to the the garden, seedlings every were and the days are getting longer.
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this is all fine and dandy people but i just broke my back sweeping/lifting a tonne of leaves, branches and all manner of gnarly crud.
 
@ stonehart and mike , things will be much, much different for all of us come December 21 when the poles switch, so we will have to compare notes and help each other out. But you will absolutely love autumn in october. it just works...but it is better when you're a kid.

@nameless I agree that can be a pain in the ass but when I was a kid doing that I was just glad it wasn't winter at the time, and quite frankly even though it took away from quality play time I found it very therapeutic, very relaxing, even through the wind came up at a moments notice and redistributed them, so it was a fools mission to attempt to pile them, you had to bag them right away unless the piles were meant to be jumped in. admittedly most of my memories of autumn go back aways from a kids perspective...as an adult I'm pretty much removed from it...but they always include having a sea of wind driven fallen leaves come at you when you were out walking , apple picking, over ripened tomato fights and peddling like hell past that dark cornfield and graveyard at twilight/dusk on my way home from helping some friends with harvesting. It got pretty dark pretty early.

I always strive to take my vacations in the autumn , usually mid- late october. many times I don't make any solid plans until I know what area(s) are experiencing the most autumnal like weather. I don't get the best deals obviously but money can't buy those experiences when it all pays off.
 
Ron Collins said:
I was getting all excited because I thought this was a thread about baseball!!! And then you let me down.
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That is certainly a part of it (as long as the yankees are involved)

But then they usually are,and if anyone takes a dislike towards me on the fact that I am a yankees fan then take pity on me because I'm a buffalo bills fan
 
spookymulder said:
That is certainly a part of it (as long as the yankees are involved)

But then they usually are,and if anyone takes a dislike towards me on the fact that I am a yankees fan then take pity on me because I'm a buffalo bills fan
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I'm right there with you. I have been a Card Carrying Yankees Fan Club member since 1985.
 
Hear Hear, my favorite month by far. Here in Michigan fall is the best season, the colors, quite walks, bon fires and good beer. And to top it all off my favorite holiday! My youngest's birthday day too boot. Wish we could have a bonfire with all the paracast members and have some libations and shoot the shit till the wee hours. Talking about are favorite fortean topics.
 
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