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#48 Gardening while Safe at Home
Facebook These are strange times we live in. But, like we said last week, gardening hasn’t been cancelled and we are safe at home. We saw a pair of Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) at the feeder the other day (March 24, to be exact). Coupling this with a Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) sighting on March 17,…
Who Doesn't Like Onions?
Facebook1 Julia Child once said, “It is hard to imagine civilization without onions.” Who doesn’t like onions? Certainly one of the madman’s favorite vegetables. I have to keep reminding him that the dish is called chicken and onions, not onions and chicken. Because he likes them so much, it’s only natural that he should…
Native Plants Take Care Of The Earth
Facebook7 Earth Day was last week. If you didn’t celebrate it, shame on you! This celebration, started in 1970, is all about the need to preserve our earth for future generations. A good way to preserve our earth is to plant a native tree. And, the holiday for that – Arbor Day – was last…
Celebrating An Important Birthday
Facebook7 Celebrating an important birthday. The madman loves a party. Who else celebrates the birthday of a National Park – especially one whose roads are mostly closed to everything except over-snow vehicles? The official birthday was a week ago but he’s still celebrating. I suspect that’s because the birthday coincided with the diminishing specter of…
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 Madman And The Mighty Oak
Facebook2 If you can only plant one tree in your backyard, make it an oak tree. If you have room for a second one, make that one an oak, too. That’s what the madman says. And he’s not alone. In his new book, The Nature of Oaks, Professor Doug Tallamy writes, “if you are at…