Here we are, one week from the Solstice – and the madman is waiting. For the next few weeks, we’ll have a little over 9 hours of daylight. But with all the Christmas lights, it seems it’s hard to find a dark spot around our house. As soon as the sun goes down, the lights…
Today is December 1. Thanksgiving and Black Friday are behind us, as strange as they were this year. So now we get to look forward to the 2020 Christmas season. “You know, with everything else going on I haven’t even thought about Christmas,” the madman said. Come to think of it, I really haven’t…
What’s this “gifts for gardeners”? The madman has been walking around grumbling, “Not even Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff is out! Jack has already put up his Christmas tree. Bah! Humbug!” I have to remind him Christmas is only 4 weeks away, and people have to start thinking about what to get their gardening friends….