News Ticker

RainyDayGarden

Moon and Crackle Glass Birdfeeder

January 16, 2012 // 0 Comments

Winter has finally arrived in New England. The temperature scraped the low teens for a few days last week, and even dipped into the single digits over the weekend. To the [...]

Urban Safari: Boston Nature Center

January 10, 2012 // 0 Comments

The first in the series of Urban Safari got quite a nice response and a lot of excellent suggestions on other locations. One of those suggestions was the Boston Nature [...]

Urban Safari: Franklin Park Zoo

January 2, 2012 // 0 Comments

The  Franklin Park Zoo is just a few miles from the RainyDayMagazine office, yet in all the years we have been in Boston we have never been there. So over the Holiday [...]

First Snow 2011

October 31, 2011 // 0 Comments

The  Nor’easter made quite a mess over the weekend. Many are still feeling its effects today. Fortunately for Boston, the storm only dropped a few inches of the heavy [...]

First Frost

October 28, 2011 // 0 Comments

Bostonians  woke up to frost on their windows and black ice on the ground today. The sheen will not last long, but it is a clear sign that it is time to get out the [...]

Passiflora Update

September 2, 2011 // 0 Comments

Hurricane Irene went inland, pummeled Vermont, but spared most of Boston. All of the plants in the RainyDayGarden came through unscathed. As we had mentioned in July, the [...]

ThermaCELL FirstLook

July 29, 2011 // 0 Comments

Mosquitos  and other biting insects are just a part of Summer. Some years are better than others. Depending on the amount of rain the number of mosquitos buzzing around [...]

WORX JawSaw Maintenance

July 7, 2011 // 0 Comments

We  had some old tires lying around that had been destroyed by the rim eating potholes of last winter. So we fashioned these into an easy on platform to drag across longer [...]

WORX JawSaw FirstUse

July 6, 2011 // 0 Comments

Like  many parts of the country we have had our fair share of wind and rain. As a result we have a significant pile of limbs and branches piled up on what could be prime [...]

Urban Safari: Backyard Adventures

July 1, 2011 // 0 Comments

A  bright red cardinal has been visiting the bird feeder in the RainyDayGarden these past few weeks. For days, we have been stalking this elusive visitor, but despite our [...]
1 11 12 13 14 15 16