Homer Alaska Where did the Fireweed go?

Where did the Fireweed go? Homer Alaska

What Happened to the Fireweed? Fireweed is beautiful and ominous all at the same time... Fireweed as it blooms and begins to cover the land with its Bright magenta color is so pretty but we know at the same time that means winter is coming... Alaskans say by the time it blossoms to the top and then turns to cotton winter is 6 weeks away.

However this year we didn't really get the full blooms of fireweed... there are plenty of plants out there that never bloomed... and the ones that did don't seem to be producing cotton...

which looks like snow when it blows in the fall wind at the end of the season....

So what does that mean? No Winter? I doubt it... but it does give us hope for a long Indian summer !

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