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 New…
Fall is in the air. In the words of Oscar Wilde, “…summer collapsed into fall” on Saturday, September 23. For the madman, it’s not the end of summer, it’s the start of a new gardening season. And we’d better get busy. Our friends, the hummingbirds are flitting from feeder to flower as they store energy…
The madman’s Brugmansia path is looking good. It has taken a long time to get here. You see, it was one of those garden projects that kept getting moved to the back burner – probably because the prospect seemed daunting. Let me explain. We had the back patio with its all-important grill. About 48’ away…