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October 07, 1982 - Fall Starts Parade of ColorsSECOND SECTION C �I�P xrwli-iarvirw Fall Starts Parade of Colors What did we do to deserve such good weather? I was up early Sunday morning before most were about and took the dog for his usual walk down through the pasture but the early morning had already cast its spell over me and so we lengthened our walk up through the back fields. This particular piece of farmland was last turned over about ten years ago and yet there are lingering traces of the old rows beneath the maze of growth that has taken over. Land, if left idle like this field, will eventually return to woodland but only after a series of succession of plants and trees. The one we walked through already had the first invaders of the tree world, the cedars. Their rich two-to -three foot green towers could be spotted throughout the field. The magic of nature had taken over by having birds deposit seed of the cedars throughout the area. The bird eats the grey -green berry of the cedars and utilizes what nutrients it can extract from it but leaves the still fertile seed. Of course, these bird droppings are everywhere but only in the open field where sunlight and moisture are just right do they germinate. The cedars are the first of the invading trees to be followed by locusts, and then the oaks, each one taking over the other. Other plant seeds drift in by wind. The three that are most conspicuous are the seeds of the tall phragmites, the delicate and beautiful gossamer seed carrier from the milkweed and the now flowering high -tide bush. There are others but none as visible as these wind -borne travelers. The high tide bush or groundsel is a plant of the salt -marsh edge, however, it is not particular where it puts its roots down. I found it in the lower section of the farm field we were walking through and its white fluffy carriers are just now starting to form. 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The low yellow aster we've been seeing for the past month or so along the roadsides and dry areas hag just about passed. Their now fuzzy seed heads are all that remain of their once brilliant yellow. Scarlet Hedge Rows Living in an oak hickory area we have none of the brilliant reds of the fall maples and the yellows of the willow but I was surprised to see how much scarlet showed along the hedge rows. Poison ivy has already turned to its yellow, brown and red. The staghorn sumac is brilliant red while the Virginia creeper clings to the top of an old cedar to show the world its flashing crimson of fall. Before I left the field I snapped three stems of blue asters and they sit beside me as I write. The delicate lavender starburst with its yellow center makes a fitting addition to my table. No one planted it. No one fertilized it. No one sprayed it. No one watered it. It is a product of the wild. 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