winter

My Carnivorous Garden

John Lane — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:01:52 -0500

Here in the cold shackles of February I've turned my thoughts toward spring and my own ideas about gardening.Â Yesterday the afternoon was warm and breezy, and so I wandered outdoors for a little yard work.

A Bug by Any Other Name

John Lane — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:33:07 -0500

All over the upcountry this morning the warm, south-facing sides of houses are covered with boxelder bugs.Â Have you seen them? They're orange and black and about a half-inch long.

I make this prognostication because it's true at my house. The boxelder bugs are swarming, so they're probably swarming elsewhere. I've noticed them in other years, but this time it's looking a little like a bad horror film-"The Invasion of the Boxelder Bugs."

Winter is a Coming In

John Lane — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:05:11 -0400

We're officially not quite half-way between autumn equinox on September 21st and winter solstice on December 21st, but the "cold alert" has been sounding in our house the last week or so. We've had a frost, the leaves are falling, and the heat's even kicked on two or three times.