Fall is here. There's a pretty serious drought going on (stage 2, heading toward stage 3), so leaves are dropping early, and some color started earlier than normal. However, plants need less water as they're going dormant, so hopefully the long-term damage will be limited. I've been watering trees and plants for over a month (during which time I've only gotten 1/8" of rain).
My paw paws have never produced. They've been in the ground for a while now and I keep hoping I'll see blooms in the spring. Maybe next year. This year they turned a nicer shade of yellow than I think I have previously seen (the above picture was taken about a week ago; the tree is leafless now after a couple of hard freezes).
The muscadine vines are now fully turned; the picture below was taken a couple of weeks ago as they were midway. The vertical orange leaves in the background are poison ivy.
Now begins a brief four-month window of complete dormancy to get things done. Spring is just around the corner.
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