It’s almost two weeks into the new year, and the madman is fussing over his plants. He used to refer to this time as the Dark Days of Winter. Not anymore. His succulents have introduced him to a whole new way of thinking. Some of his plants are sending up flower shoots – and, they…
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 have…
“The frost comes on little cat feet” – my apologies to Carl Sandburg, the madman likes the phrase, but really wishes you had used frost instead of fog. The mere mention of frost strikes fear in the heart of the madman, and that first frost warning coincided with the Connecticut Association of Optometrists’ Fall…
Overwintering plants from the garden is a task the madman readily accepts. He knows that living with plants all winter means he can enjoy them in the summer. Now that the days are definitely getting longer, the madman is thinking, “Can’t wait to get these plants out of here!” He is starting to get tired…