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It’s
September and we have a lot to be thankful for. We’ve nearly survived
the dog days of summer, extreme dry weather, water shortages, crop
failure and various other adversities. Brush fires and crop losses due
to the lack of rainfall have plagued us over the summer.
Now
it’s time to focus on cooler weather that is just around the corner.
The
Autumnal Equinox officially occurs at 11:03 PM CDT on September 22nd,
2006 (04:03 UTC, September 23rd, 2006). This gives us an equal daylight
to dark ratio; 12 hours of each.
I
always celebrate these ‘Nature’s Holidays’ because they have
occurred since the beginning of our solar system. These are holidays
that should be recognized by all. It’s harvest time! Time to get your
winter crops ready and plan for the upcoming beauty of the trees turning
colors that you can only enjoy in the northern hemisphere this time of
year.
Plants
are telling you something right now. It’s time to harvest the seeds
for next year’s trees, shrubs, vegetables and flowers.
Speaking
of shrub seeds: I just harvested seeds from my Loropetalum yesterday. I
placed them on my desk to dry with the intention of placing them in an
old medicine bottle for later refrigeration. As I was sitting here
writing this article, the seedpods started shrinking, exposing the seeds
and causing an explosion! The seeds are so thick and slick, when the pod
shrinks the seeds fly out of the pod with such force that it scared the
heck out of me! I have never witnessed such a natural phenomena. One of
the seeds hit me on my right cheek and landed on my metal desk. I didn’t
know what it was until I saw the remaining pods exposing the seeds.
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