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There is snow on the ground-look for our first post in December!
Facebook12 Here we go again with the madman and his bugs! He just found his third Stink Bug lumbering through the upper canopy of a citrus plant! He panicked. Unusual for him. Generally he just sucks them up with his bug vacuum and releases them near the outdoor fire pit. He learned the hard way…
Facebook22 Wow! It’s time for the Perseids, the madman’s favorite meteor shower. It’s not the most prolific of the year, but it comes at a time when the weather is warm. The madman imagines some ancient gardener saying, “the heavens are showering, time to plant the fall crops.” If you were fortunate enough…
Facebook We are eating good this summer. The madman says there is something to be said for this garden to table thing. We were complaining just as much as everyone else during the cold spring when the madman couldn’t plant his peas. And then the rains came – we continued to complain. But…
Facebook11 Here it is June 11 and we’re not done planting. The changeable New England weather really slowed us down. It was either too hot or too cold. The good planting days were few and far between. Every spring we complain about the weather. I guess we could solve this problem by moving out of…
Facebook26 We have been busy. The madman spent last weekend at the 36th Annual Show and Sale of the Connecticut Cactus and Succulent Society (CCSS). If you missed it, you missed a great time and some wonderful horticulture. It is amazing what some cactus enthusiasts can grow in our damp cold climate. Of course,…
Facebook21 Sure, we’re out of the Persephone Period, but we still don’t see the sun until around 7 (if we see it at all!). And the madman is still in his mid-winter funk, so I dragged him out to the back looking for a green pick-me-up. And there it was – moss. Moss, more correctly…