Spring shouldn’t be this cold. It’s too cold to get a good start on the garden. Not sure who to blame here – El Niño, Mother Nature, the wildfires, the government… But we are way behind in our garden because the madman feels it’s just too cold to put his warm-loving plants in the ground….
During the summer, I often found the madman in the Milkweed patches. He would carefully examine each plant – turn over the leaves, look at the seed pods, shake his head: you know the drill. But he wasn’t out there practicing IPM (Integrated Pest Management) as described in this link, he was looking for signs…
Let’s talk about pests. Pests come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Some are a major problem. Some are just a nuisance. The madman’s definition of a pest is an organism that cramps his style or causes his plants harm. The Gray Catbird Take the Gray catbird for example. This year, according…