Not many people think of bees during the fall and winter, unless you're a bee keeper like Paul. Unscripted and unprepared, check out a video below that Paul and Joyce's children put together, showing Paul preparing his beehives for the long winter months. "It's interesting to see this process. During this time of year we are focused [...]
Mountain Laurel When many other flowers have gone away for the season, Mountain Laurel adds some bright, summer colors to your garden. The fragrant, dainty pink and white evergreen shrub is the Connecticut State flower, native to the Eastern United States. It was first documented in 1624, a favorite of travelers. Cherokees use the plant as an analgesic [...]
This is our Hosta, a perennial we have in our backyard. As you can see, it's full of holes, the leaves ripped apart like someone came through with giant hole punchers! This is what happened when the freak hail storm hit Connecticut! A bright and sunny day that suddenly became dark seemingly out of nowhere, dark [...]