AUTUMN IN ROMANIA

The autumn …

AUTUMN

…is here!

AUTUMN IN Brasov, Romania

Natural phenomenaThe rain is a natural phenomenon very important for lives.

This fall, turn into frost, so October and

November are called Brumarel and

Brumaire.

Frost, in the true sense, there is barely in the second half of

October.

The weatherWeather becomes cold to summer, it's not hot, so dew turns to frost. Sun not caress us with such power, there will be more rain, wind flourish.

Another phenomen: leaves fallAutumn, leaved lose all their leaves falling on the ground like

a carpet.

Curiosity about the colors of leaves

• Brown fall foliage colors come from tannin, a bitter waste product. Other colors, which have been there all along, become visible when the chlorophyll disappears. The orange colors come from carotene ('kar-uh-teen) and the yellows from xanthophyll ('zan-thuh-fil). They are common pigments, also found in flowers, and foods like carrots, bananas and egg yolks. We do not know their exact role in leaves, but scientists think they may be involved somehow in photosynthesis. Different combinations of these pigments give us a wide range of colors each fall.

Activities in autumnYour crops have been harvested, and the exuberant summer color has faded from your borders – but don’t be fooled into thinking that it’s all over until next spring. Autumn is a busy time in the garden, clearing away the decaying vegetation of the summer and preparing the garden for the cold winter months ahead.

Annual plantsSome plants, including many garden flowers, are called "annuals," which means they complete their life cycle in one growing season. They die when winter comes, but their seeds remain, ready to sprout again in the spring.

Perennials plants"Perennials" live for more than two years. This category includes trees and shrubs, as well as herbaceous plants with soft, fleshy stems. When winter comes, the woody parts of trees and shrubs can survive the cold. The above ground parts of herbaceous plants (leaves, stalks) will die off, but underground parts (roots, bulbs) will remain alive. In the winter, plants rest and live off stored food until spring.

During summer days, leaves make more glucose than the plant needs for energy and growth. The excess is turned into starch and stored until needed. As the daylight gets shorter in the autumn, plants begin to shut down their food production.

AUTUMN MONTHS

The autumn months are:

September Septembrie

October Octombrie

November Noiembrie

SEPTEMBERThis ia a mild month, the

leaves continue to yellow, some are beginning to fall, begin to emerge frost, cool, flowers begin to wilt,and we

welcome the autumn.

OCTOBERIf September was mild, in

October already starting to feel the cold, frost give

daily and rapidly shortening days, but in the last week to turn the clock forward, so

we wake up to an hour later.

NOVEMBERIn November, unlike the

September and October, already almost all the trees lose their leaves, even sometimes start snow and temperatures drop

significantly and landscape, so it becomes white.

People's activities in fallOne of the many activities undertaken by man is picking corn.

After the old method, this is done as follows: the worker comes with trailer pulled by tractor and basically rip off the

cob cob. Then he comes sieve stalks with a sickle. Some of us make and pumpkins and beans in corn. In this case the first one goes to pick beans, pumpkins and after then corn.

Winter preparations• Autumn is harvest time. We strive to keep the goodies as much

time and can give a good taste of the food until the next spring. From the fruits, we prepare jam, compote and from vegetables, we are preparing pickles, which we keep in the pantry all winter.

FlowersSince the fall leaves

enough flowers wither, but there are some who resist. The latter, not many, but

nice they meet von especially early in the

season, because everything is done colder, many

species are retreating, finally dying all the action of snow to ,revive’ in the

spring .

Chrysanthemum AsterTufanele

Autumn’s flowers

Vegetables and fruits

• Apples are the first fruit we think with the start of autumn. These popular fruits have many health benefits, which is why it appeared "Eating an apple a day keep the doctor away.“

• Pumpkin is another star of the autumn, being both rich in antioxidants and vitamins, but also having a sweet taste very pleasant.

• Quinces, these fruits so fragrant, not consumed fresh because of their astringent, but as stewed in cakes or as jellies and jams.

VEGETABLES

BELL PEPPERS

CAROTTES

PEPPERSPOTATOES

PUMPKIN

ONION

CABBAGE

PLUMS GRAPES

PEARSWALNUTS

APPLES

QUINCE

Events • 15 September we start the school year. Children go back-to-school after the summer break.

In Romania, one school year has 35 weeks. Start in 15th September and end in 19th June.

26 September European Day of Language

5th October World Teachers Day

EVENTS

Halloween or Hallowe'enalso known as Allhallo or All Saints' EveweenTypical festive Halloween activities include, attending

costume parties, trick or process (related to "guising" or), decoration, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting fires,

apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions house, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. In many parts of the world Christian religious rituals of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of

the dead remain popular, although in other locations, these customs are solemn less pronounced in favor of a secular

celebration and most commercialized.