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Glorious October
We had a wonderful day outside with sunshine, a blue sky and temperatures around 60 degrees F after a chilly start. This weather was perfect for gardening and putting up lights and displays for our...
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Serious Gardening
Above is one of the prettiest compost piles around! Lots of debris is coming back to this pile daily as we purge spent annuals, collect leaves and cut back some perennials as part of our fall clean-up...
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Cords Out, Debris In
It was another nice fall day although we had our most significant frost yet overnight as evidenced below on the turf and the cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) in the second photo down. We haven't had that...
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Full Speed Ahead
It was another beautiful day although overcast skies in the afternoon led to some light drizzle. Above is some morning light coming through this bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) as it gets its amber...
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Another Busy End of the Week
Today was supposed to be sunny and 65 degrees F. While it was milder than previous days this week, it was overcast with the lightest of drizzles all day long. The overcast skies made the golden fall...
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Full Steam Ahead For HLS
We're at peak fall color for the three-flower maple (Acer triflorum) seen above (and at the bottom). While many trees have dropped their leaves already, we still have significant fall color "peppered"...
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Cords, Lights, Gardening
It was a cooler start to the day but the sun arrived and it warmed up in to the mid 50 degrees F. Nice shot above featuring the fall color and form of the weeping 'Tidal Wave' katsura tree...
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Decreasing Temps - Increasing HLS Work
It was a cooler day but still quite nice for both gardening and continued set-up efforts for the Holiday Lights Show (HLS). Above is the fall color on another of our ginkgos (Ginkgo biloba). Fall...
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The Annual Tree Run
We had a nice "mini-convoy" this morning to Sunset Acres Tree Farm in Stoughton, WI. The owners, Dwight and Deb, generously donated more pines from their farm for our 2014 Holiday Lights Show (HLS)....
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A Hint of Snow For Halloween
Halloween started with some very light snow (see above) and it was a cold and windy day. That didn't stop us from getting outside and the holiday was at least celebrated by Phoebe (below). We don't...
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Fall Symposium A Success!
The Fall Symposium was a great success yesterday. Above (left to right) are our speakers: Neal Diboll (Prairie Nursery, Westfield, WI), Edward Lyon (Allen Centennial Gardens, UW-Madison, WI) and Dave...
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Pleasant Weather
Today turned out to be a dandy with some sunshine and a high near 60 degrees F. This was a perfect day for gardening and for the continued set-up of the Holiday Lights Show (HLS). I can't help but...
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HLS Is Coming Together
Above is a double orange pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) still toughing it out over the start of this colder month. There are still a few scattered blooms here and there out in the gardens and...
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Chugging Along
We've lucked out with the weather thus far this week with fairly nice and dry days after a cool morning start. Our luck may be running out soon and next week looks chilly. However, we continue to get...
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Productivity In The Drizzle
Today was chilly, windy and there was a consistent drizzle most of the day. That didn't stop us from getting outside for some gardening and continued Holiday Lights Show (HLS) progress. We all bundled...
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Nice Day - Next Week Looks Scary
I took in most of my winter gear to work today expecting a really cold and nasty day. It was actually quite delightful once the sun came out with highs near 42 degrees F. It looks like the winter...
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The Last Best Day Of The Year?
This bench quote above will have more applicability further up north in Wisconsin over the coming 24 hours with up to 18" of snow predicted in some locations! I think we'll dodge the bullet but will...
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Chills
Today started with cold temperatures and drizzle. The drizzle turned to some light snow as the temperatures dipped and the winds picked up. The "windchill effect" became more significant through the...
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Continued Progress
It was a frigid day but at least we had some sunshine. The light coming through the fall color of this fernleaf buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula'Asplenifolia') above was nice though and provided at least a...
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Tough Cookies
We had some "tough cookies" (volunteers) show up today to help out in the gardens and with some indoor projects. The cooler weather does have an impact on our volunteer turnout (obviously) but we did...
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