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Time to Order Our Seeds
Facebook Time to order our seeds. In our last blog we told you about our new night garden on the side. We are still hashing the design out, but if we want to have plants ready for spring, we’d better get some seeds ordered. Not just for the new garden, but for all the…
The Red Maples In Cedar Swamp
Facebook1 “There’s a lot of red maples in Cedar Swamp,” the madman proclaimed as we drove along the edge of the swamp on our way to Highland Lake. I took the bait. “How would you know, you’ve never been in there?” I asked. His big smile came out as he told me to look at…
Reflections of a Year in Quarantine
Facebook8 Reflections of a year in quarantine. It’s been one year. One long year of quarantine. A year ago, the news was grim. The world around us was shutting down. Uncertainty was rampant. Offices were closed. Events were cancelled. Restaurants were shuttered. Schools were shut down. And the governor kept issuing executive orders shutting more…
#59 The Tomato: Star of the Summer Garden
Facebook1 It’s tomato season in Connecticut. It has been for a few weeks. When everyone started planting their victory gardens, the first thing most thought of was the tomato. In fact, around here, tomato transplants were as scarce as toilet paper. People had to settle for anything. Not the madman – he starts all…
The Madman Goes to Maine
Facebook6 Hooray! The Madman goes to Maine – our first road trip since COVID grounded us in 2020. As you may recall, we made plans instead of resolutions this year. As so often happens, life got in the way and kicked our plans to the side, but we’re back. When planning we said we would…
Time to Clean Up Our Earth
Facebook7 Last time we talked about getting dirty; this time we are going to talk about getting clean. No, we are not going to go out and take a bath in the madman’s lily pond. We are going to clean up our earth. Two days from now is the 51st celebration of Earth Day….