Ticks, Stink Bugs and Flies have one thing in common around our home. It’s January and we are STILL finding them in our house, and on our pets. This is because we have not had a real freeze yet. For some things, like how much oil we burn heating the house, I don’t mind. For [...]
After a summer of dealing with storms flooding and and a hurricane, this winter has been delightfully mild. I keep thinking that things will change and the weather will get cold and miserable, eating up our heating oil so quickly that you can watch the gauge go down each day, but it isn’t happening. Among [...]
Whether you are one who loves a walk in the woods, or a walk through English country gardens in the UK, you will want to dress smartly for the occasion. We have had an amazingly cold winter here in the northeast of the United States…the gardens have been covered with at least a foot of [...]
I always tell people that I’m a gardener, as long as a plant is hard to kill, likes shade as my property has a lot of trees, and so I grow plants that are relatively easy to grow. Last Spring I put the plant pictured below in my planter next to the front door, and [...]
Today we had our first snowflakes and sleet! It wasn’t cold enough to accumulate much except for a little bit on some cool surfaces, but it’s a reminder that the gardens are, indeed, all but finished except for a few brave plants that tolerate the cold for longer periods. A couple are new perennials I [...]
