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ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, WASPERTON Updated September 2023 If dry be the buck's horn This Yorkshire adage is pleasant to read but gives give a bad result. Now Holyrood Day is the 14th September so we had better remember to make a note of the weather, you never know. The most frequent weather pattern in September is the three dry periods known as the "old wives summer" which in turn are followed by wet stormy days. The dry spells normally occur 7th to the 10th , 16th to 21st, and 30th as anticyclones move east accross the UK. The most common time for gales and depressions is around the 24th. We shall see. Holyrood Day may be lucky then. With the wet July everything is very green at present and doesn't look very autumnal yet in the Churchyard. But this month we must cut back all the wild growth and give it a good raking. This removes the old grass etc. and spreads the wild flower seeds. If we leave the grass to rot, it over feeds the soil which most of the wild flowers don't like. I think we will make the cut near the end of the month. I always feel a bit sad when we get to this time of the year in the Churchyard, the lovely promise of spring, then all of a sudden we are into Autumn. Silly old thing. But something has cheered me up. Sorry it's hedgehogs again. Jane has two often seen in their garden, in this last month she has seen two baby hedgehogs. So our local population is growing. I say this because in the country overall hedgehog numbers are in decline. Well done Jane and family.
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