Peter Dowdall reflects on the seasons and pays tribute to a garden centre stalwart

There are some Americanisms that bug me — like the use of the word ‘already’ out of context or the hijacking of the term ‘awesome’ to refer to anything from agreement to a nice sandwich.

It means that the language has to come up with a word to replace ‘awesome’ for something that does indeed deserve the descriptive adjective.

The Americans refer to this time of year as Fall and in this I think they have got it right. It’s a very descriptive term for what’s happening in the natural environment all around us.