November 2023: Quick Roundup
Garden bird visitors return, whether resident or migratory. Cold fronts regularly pass through, days often wet and cloudy, with frosts by the end of the month. Leaves continue falling, trees bare within days.
Jupiter's bright in the evening, Venus by morning.
A Waxwing Winter: Waxwings continue to be sighted, not just passing through now but stopping to feast upon the abundance of berries that have grown this year. In one location, 100 birds are sighted.
By mid-month, the birch turns all-orange and birds begin to return to the garden.
More small bird activity. Wren, tits, a robin, and blackbirds clucks and tuts on the fence.
Sweeping up leaves, I discover three bright-green Oak Hawk-moth larvae. I reposition them in the border: to overwinter for spring, or to provide sustenance for a hungry bird.
Chicken roasts and root vegetable soups are welcome warming meals. Pumpkins and squashes make for seasonal additions. Apples and pears are baked or stewed, for custard or crumbles.
Two red roses bloom, and a snowdrop sprouts.
Many of the garden trees are bare, there's only the very last leaves remaining on the birch, and the Wisterias are all yellow.
Droplets cling to every hanging twig after rain, then frost at the end of the month.
Wigeon
After a slow start, Christmas lights start appearing at the end of the month.
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