It was clear and cold today.  For those that religiously read this blog (and why wouldn’t you?), I’ve been sick most of the week so missed a couple days. …

It was a nice sunny day outside and the recent 1″ layer of ice/snow was melting down here and there.  Both Big John and Larry headed out in the gardens …

Today was actually quite pleasant with sunshine and temperatures ultimately getting above freezing.  Looks like we may have some sleet/snow later this afternoon but I’m not upset that we missed …

Recent weather hasn’t been quite so cold and has allowed for staff and volunteers to get out in to the gardens for collecting lights from the Holiday Light Show (HLS). …

The purple cow above was seen at the Purple Cow Organics (www.purplecoworganics.com/) booth at the 2016 Garden Center Symposium just west of Milwaukee, WI.  I’ve attended this event for many …

The arctic temperatures continued today so I thought I’d insert some “visual warmth” in to the blog today with lots of interesting succulents that prefer the temperature about 80 degrees …

The Janesville School District rarely cancels school but did so today due to some severely cold temperatures which will continue through tomorrow.  We should see a “warm up” later in …

Today also had mild weather although the extreme cold is set to return this weekend.  Our Holiday Light Show (HLS) retrieval team was out in full force today and lead …

  Today was a balmy 40 degrees F which was quite a change from the previous couple of days.  The “warm up” allowed for some serious lights retrieval out in …

The weather continues to be chilly with my car thermometer reading a balmy 1 degree F this morning.  It looks like tomorrow will be significantly warmer which will allow us …