We love watching the winter wildlife. As we hit “publish” on our last post, the madman looked at me and said, “Today feels like a bobcat day.” Not sure why he would even think that – it’s been a while since we last saw one. But, as I looked out in the garden, lo and…
Reflections with a Samhain bonfire. The madman was so excited – a nice rainstorm and a bit of snow hit us late last week. Sure, he was glad to see the drought begin to ease. But, more important, rain meant he could have his Samhain bonfire without burning down the woods. And, a wonderful…
Winter clean-up for the wildlife we call it. Mr. Finch likes the neatly trimmed landscape. Maybe it was Mrs. Finch – I usually can’t tell the difference and the madman was busy planting garlic, so I couldn’t ask him. This year we are trying something different – minimal cutback. After attending lots of lectures on…
A couple of weeks ago we attended the CMGA 2019 Master Gardener Symposium which draws gardeners from throughout Connecticut. We caught up with old garden friends, met some new garden friends and learned some new ideas. This year’s theme “Nature’s Creatures: Bring More Life to your Landscape” wasn’t necessarily new, but we took away some…
If you are a gardener, one of your New Year’s Resolutions should have been to keep a gardening Journal. Or, if you are like the madman, to keep a BETTER journal. Why? Because as the madman says, “your memory is never as good as you think it is – in fact, it’s not even close.”…