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The Madman And The Sun Angle
Facebook2 You can tell by the sun angle. It’s a month past the fall equinox. As much as the madman doesn’t want to believe it, fall is here. The sun is closer to the southern horizon so it doesn’t beat down like it has all summer. We haven’t reached the Persephone period yet, so we…
Garlic and the Madman
Facebook2 It’s garlic time! There he is, out in the garden with his measuring tape and yellow twine. While other people are in their closets looking for Halloween costumes, the madman is in his garden looking for a spot to plant his potatoes. It has become one of his October rituals. Potatoes, you say? No…
Best Gardening Tips
Facebook5 According to the madman’s calculations, this is the 100th blog we shared. Like grandson Liam says, doing anything 100 times is “crazy.” His brother Patrick quickly chimes in, “real crazy.” But, crazy or not, we did it. In honor of this feat, we are going to offer up the gardening tips we love the…
The Woolly Adelgid And The Hemlocks
Facebook1 With our trip to the shore behind us, we are spending a lot of time wandering around our yard. As always, the madman spends a lot of time at the conifers, especially the hemlocks. He’s not really looking at the hemlocks, he’s looking at the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA). A Serious Problem “To steal…