Anyways........it was actually one of my aborist friends who recently alerted me regarding the trees beginning to lose their dark green color and he was wondering why I hadn't mentioned it to him first! Being the foliage fanatic that I am, I'm usually right up there telling them, “I'm seeing things changing!” And then watching them roll their eyes with a “It's just a stressed tree!” response. Not this time!!!!
So off I went, traveling around northern CT where I saw many leaves beginning to fade to almost the spring emergent color of light green. No color popping out yet obviously, but wow, it was out there, right in front of me. It just made me so happy to see things moving along the normal early August schedule where subtle changes are apparent if you keep your eyes peeled upward. The is a normal occurrence in early August; the slow transition of fading chlorophyll. It can also come to an abrupt halt depending on the weather, but it's about this time every year, you can detect the transformation. You just have to keep looking towards the canopies. (Maybe it's just us foliage geeks that do that?)
Our trees and forests in New England continue to show great health and we have had moderate rainfall to keep them looking oh so fine. We are in our last summer month of heat as well, so keep your fingers crossed. We do not want a repeat of the 90's that came to New England the middle and end of September one year!
It is a sad occurrence, that EAB (Emerald Ash Borer) has hit many regions of Vermont and throughout New England. I've seen many ash trees in a sad decline because of this insect.....So next month starts our meteorological fall, can you believe it? September 1st! I can actually say, I'm heading to Vermont for my fall foliage vacation NEXT MONTH! Yessssssssss!
PS I got so excited, I've actually put up one foliage décor over my fire place. I just had to, just one! Promise!!!!
Let the fun begin! Enjoy the rest of this glorious summer!
CT
