Early on Friday morning was our lowest autumn temperature this year as the thermometer fell to 0.1°C (32.2°F) just short of giving us our first air frost.
However, like our hot spells in summer, it was over very quickly only lasting for around a day before we returned to rather mild November temperatures. We’ve had some rain most days in the form of showers keeping the ground damp even though no great amount of rain has fallen.
Even when the sky has cleared there’s still been some threat of rain around.
Our magnolia tree has now lost most of its leaves. There are just a few stragglers left to fall. The path at the side of the house is now covered in leaves.
I’ll have to gather up the leaves and add them to the compost heap. Left on the path they make it very slippery. Added to the compost heap they will make good material for mulching around shrubs in the garden. Whilst the magnolia has lost all its leaves we have one rose bush in the front garden refusing to accept the onset of winter.
There are still more buds left to follow on. Will they make it before some real winter weather arrives?
