Spring shouldn’t be this cold. It’s too cold to get a good start on the garden. Not sure who to blame here – El Niño, Mother Nature, the wildfires, the government… But we are way behind in our garden because the madman feels it’s just too cold to put his warm-loving plants in the ground….
It’s mid-July and the baby swallowtails have left the nursery plant. Seems they left all at once. At one time, we would have been concerned and blamed the birds – after all, our friend the Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) has been known to eat them. But, now, we know it’s just Mother Nature taking her…
Let’s talk about pests. Pests come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Some are a major problem. Some are just a nuisance. The madman’s definition of a pest is an organism that cramps his style or causes his plants harm. The Gray Catbird Take the Gray catbird for example. This year, according…