Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
The oaks are finally turning. Ever the most tenacious of trees, the English oak (Quercus robur) should never be underestimated, not least in terms of its autumnal activity. In a mast year, it will carpet the ground beneath several inches thick with acorns – it’s six years since the last occurrence, so 2020 may bring another bumper crop. In the years between, the volume of leaves dropped alone is prodigious, invariably happening just as the gardener is thinking leaf raking season might be done. Oak leaves, too, are unusually robust – somehow thicker, more likely to crack than bend and, en masse, do a remarkably good job of holding rivulets of water within their drifts which, rather than soaking into themselves, they proceed to pour over the poor individual tasked with gathering them up. Still, there are few things I find more grounding than the leaf of an oak tree, whether due to colour, shape, or steadfast associations, I’ve not yet been able to decide. They are falling now. One final push, and we’re through.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
