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Peg

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It’s comforting to watch the inevitable, calming fade of autumn after the exuberance of summer.  Seedheads and berries replace summer flowers.  Leaves lose their greenness and drift to the ground.  The temperature cools, the air clears, the light softens and the days shorten.  It’s the perfect time to be outdoors in the garden.  It’s also the perfect time to address those little garden projects I’ve been putting off all season.

Long before we were able to tap a weather app on our phones, our ancestors relied on rudimentary tools and common knowledge to predict the weather.  One of the earliest tools, over 2000 years old, is the weather vane.  A weather vane indicates the direction of the wind which, in turn, helps predict the weather.