After a summer that tipped the scales on the warm side, fall weather seems to have arrived to eastern Nebraska all at once! Corn fields are beginning to turn a harvest gold, and bright yellow sunflowers (and ragweed!) are in full bloom. Daytime temperatures have lingered in the 70s, with nighttime low temperatures dipping into the 40s, and humidity has taken a plunge. Skies are bright blue and mostly clear, not murky with extra humidity (water vapor) in the air. In other words, it looks and feels like autumn is upon us!
Autumn means many things to many people; among these are heading back to school, readying for the harvest, tailgating and watching football, and soaking up the outdoors as much as possible before winter’s chill pushes us into shelter. I’ve been working on all of those items on the list, though my “harvest” is limited to picking some zucchini out of our community garden at work.
Our average first frost in eastern Nebraska is around early October, just a couple of short weeks away. Are you ready?
