It has always struck me as odd that the summer solstice occurs and immediately the days start getting shorter. I guess that is a good thing since it is much hotter. A little less intense sunburns. I...

I’d kill for a nice steady rain. I know that is an unpopular statement for most people but, honestly, the pollen will be the end of me. On the job site Tuesday we were all coughing, sneezing,...

Last weekend’s weather brought climate change into focus. Saturday was so hot there was some complaining and whining on the job site. Then, Sunday, I built a fire in the wood cookstove. Who can...

I swear, I’ll never complain about Mother Nature again. I’ve been following the ongoing volcano story in Hawaii. The fact that the toxic fumes resulting when hot lava reaches the ocean...

I think this week could be called high spring. Everything in garden world is bursting with new life. I hardly know where to begin. Usually, as I go about my daily comings and goings, I jot down some...

Last week’s two hot days accelerated the season in spades. All the lawns have greened up and some of the maple trees have all their leaf growth overnight. Traffic has increased like crazy. All...

There has been a good deal of complaining about the chilly and often rainy weather. Mother Nature does not seem to mind. She has put out her best May effort. In just the past few days spring has...

My editor at the Gazette is kind enough to pick up my column every Wednesday morning. I hand write about 12 pages — big sloppy penmanship. It is no small task to interpret and enter into the...

The weather has been a topic of conversation for a couple of months. There is quite a lot of complaining in a person’s daily travels. I took a couple of trips up-Island this week, and honestly...

The one good thing I can say about the nonstop gloomy, chilly days is that my snowdrops have looked great for weeks. The patch has grown exponentially over the years. I started with just a few clumps...