The four seasons play a very important role in the ever changing lives of our gardens, trees and our planet. Therefore, to take best care of the piece of natural world over which we have charge, it is crucial that we understand and work with these seasonal changes.

Time was, when we could quite comfortably say that the year in the garden was split, fairly evenly, into four sections of three calendar months each…

Winter - 3 Months – November to January
Spring – 3 Months – February to April
Summer – 3 Months – May to July
Autumn – 3 Months – August to October

4 x 3 equalling 12 …. and everything in the garden was rosy.

Through the effects of global warming, greenhouse gases and other pollutants we are seeing a shift in this equation to the point where, this writer believes that before too long, we’ll need to consider an equation more closely resembling….

Winter – 4 Months – December to March
Spring – 2 Months – April & May
Summer – 4 Months – June to September
Autumn – 2 Months – October & November

….leading to an even worse case scenario of a 5 x 1 x 5 x 1 configuration which is great for sunburn and hypothermia…..not too great for mother nature !!

This is not scare-mongering…there is a very real danger that if we do not act to halt or reverse this trend, we will irreparably damage the local and global environment. Reference the PM’s speech and Channel 4 news coverage, 2nd Feb 2007 … at last….they listen.

We can all do something to prevent this of course and help to avoid the “catastrophic tipping point” to which the PM refers. There are some useful contacts to this end on our resources page but, in a nut shell.., Recycle where possible and find ways to use less energy ….even if it’s inconvenient or slightly more expensive to do so. Our planet will thank you in future.

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