Autumn in the garden...

Autumn by Arcimboldo

What happens in the garden in Autumn?

• The trees lose their leaves.
• The colours of Nature are mostly brown, red and yellow.
• The plants start to fall asleep (slow their growth).

What is the weather like in Autumn?

• Days get shorter (it gets dark early).
• There is some sunshine.
• It rains a lot (heavy rain).
• Sometimes there is frost.
• Sometimes there is mist or fog.
• The wind is cold.

What work must we do?

• Pick the last vegetables.
• Pick blackberries and raspberries.
• Pick walnuts and hazelnuts.
• Pick the last fruit on the fruit trees (apples and pears).
• Clean up.
• Prune the trees and bushes.
• Weed the plot.
• Rake the soil.
• Turn over the soil.
• Put dead leaves and grass on the compost.
• Turn over the compost.
• Spread the compost on the plot.
• Get rid of slugs and snails.
• Trim the parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, etc.
• Bury Spring-flowering bulbs.
• Plant trees and bushes.
• Mulch.

What tools do we use?

• Hand tools (weeding sickle, hoe and fork, transplanter, cultivator, trowel)
• Shears (clippers)
• Dibble
• Leaf rake
• Rake
• Hoes
• Fork
• Spade
• Shovel
• Watering can
• Wheelbarrow

Things to do...

• Create an Arcimboldo portrait using leaves and stuff you find in the garden or during a walk!
• Make pumpkin soup!
• Feed the birds in the garden!