How would you describe the season you're in?

[petra]

Not just in the sense of "Summer" or "Winter," but of the things that happen around you this time of year.

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[fred_mouse]

This is the green cold bit of the year. The garden is full of weeds, but little is in flower anywhere. The exception appears to be Prickly Moses, which is a low growing wattle, which I've seen in flower in the odd bit of remnant bush around here (it is a rare person who has it in their garden on purpose). Fruit at the greengrocer seems to be just the old stalwarts, although I saw plums from the USA the other day. On the one hand, some of the apples appear to be new seasons; on the other, there are only so many apples my body will tolerate.

In terms of seasonal behaviour? Everything is out of whack and I have no idea.

[petra]

We don't get much green cold, so I find yours intriguing. Plums from the USA make sense as an export; I wonder how much curing in a paper bag they need to be halfway edible.

[fred_mouse]

We are a very cold weather green, hot weather brown place. I get weirded out other places where things are really really green.

Plums from the USA might make sense as an export, but no way am I paying those prices -- I don't even buy cherries at $17/kg. I'm suspecting a fair bit of curing, because there was no smell anywhere near them. The bananas on the other side of the aisle, which were still too green, were stronger smelling.

[petra]

We are a hot weather green, cold weather brown/white place.

Goodness, that sounds like a lot of money for cherries and plums that might as well be paperweights.

[fred_mouse]

Yeah, I tend not to buy the USA cherries either, because they tend to more watery. And because the Canadian-born member of the household would have conniptions.