As the farmers begin the spring field work for planting, it almost looks like fall with the maples showing some red color as the buds unfurl. The leaves will turn green when they start to produce the green chlorophyll pigment, which can be delayed by cloudy or cold days. So with the temperatures hovering near freezing at night for the past several weeks is giving us a more autumn looking spring.
Springtime Red
While many areas don’t seem to have the brilliant autumn colors this year, there are still some pockets with nice fall foliage.
Maple Autumn Colors
The cloudy, drizzly day didn’t seem to colorful until a hint of sun peeked out and shown on the changing leaves signaling autumn’s fast approach.
Approaching Autumn
Some people might have spent Saturday doing some fishing on a nice early autumn day while others were engaged in other outdoor activities. The maple leaves are beginning to display their vibrant changing colors of red, orange and yellow.
Autumn Reflections
Many took the opportunity for walks and drives on this warm sunny day to view autumn’s display of leaves changing color.
An Autumn Walk
With another very foggy day, it is hard to see the trees across the lawn so no chance of being able to able to see across a field. But then there are no pretty autumn leaves to see anymore if it wasn’t foggy, although you might see some corn yet in the fields waiting to be harvested.
The wet, damp conditions haven’t allowed the corn to dry down enough to store the kernels without drying the corn which is an added expense. And since 95% of corn farms are family farms, extra added expense is never desired so it is a gamble on letting the corn dry naturally to save dying cost but it needs to be harvested before the snow get too deep so they can get into the fields with a combine or it can’t be harvested until spring which causes a lost of bushels when the snow snaps ears to the ground.
Corn efficiency has increased over the years, from an average 38 bushels per acre in 1950 to 153 bushels per acre in 2010.
Corn to Harvest
Even though the snow has only been on the ground a few days, I am tired of winter already and would like to rewind to see a few more autumn days.
Wanting Autumn Again
Most counties in Wisconsin are now listed as past color peak and only a hand full of counties are at peak color so you have to enjoy the color when you can as it disappears quick.
Splash of Color
