Fantastic time to grow dahlias and garlic

The air is different. Its coolness presses against my face.

The sounds in the sky are different too.

Most of the birds have finished rearing their young and have flown on.

Platoons of chattering blackbirds high in the pine trees wait for orders to be deployed, while other species of birds line the high wires passing word to one another to prepare for flight.

The frequent winged whir of the long necked Canada Geese fashion familiar Vs in the air as they beckon our craned necks to follow their southern migration.

Robins’ early morning twittering has been replaced with voices of children at schoo...