Just to spread some cheer and joy

[veggiechicken]

I hope your trees are wrong, FB.

[FB.]

I hope your trees are wrong, FB.

It's not uncommon for different regions of the UK to have very different weather so even if the trees are correctly predicting the weather they will soon experience, it may not be the same weather for you.
I remember early spring several years ago and here in Cambs we were deep frozen for a fortnight while Scotland enjoyed low-teens temperatures.

In the past those trees often gave a respectable regional forecast for Cambridgeshire/East Anglia but their forecast isn't necessarily of much value elsewhere.

But it'll be interesting to see whether they're correct. It'll also be interesting to see if the papers publish any weather-related stories or whether they can only think about politics between now and Halloween.

[veggiechicken]

Lots of stormy weather forecast for the next few months!!

[FB.]

Lots of stormy weather forecast for the next few months!!

Says who?

The trees don't seem to give any clues regarding storms.

Their behaviour primarily predicts temperatures and secondarily predicts brightness (or lack of).
In other words: they're saying to me that growing conditions will be very unfavourable in several weeks time (unusually cold and/or dull) so they're shutting down early for winter so this seasons soft growth can 'harden off' before it risks being frosted and killed.

[veggiechicken]

I trust the trees and nature more than newspapers etc.