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Haley Maddox

HaleyMaddox

Learning as I grow.

Haley crouching among tall garden plants with Wes in a bee bandana and Colt on her lap
Me, Wes and Colt
About this site

A little bit of everything I'm learning

This is my notebook, out in the open. It started as a way to document my garden. Now it's about sharing it with you: the flowers and bees, the caterpillars on my milkweed, the mushrooms in my paths, life with type 1 diabetes, the places I love to eat, and a picture book about Colt.

Some pages are my story: what grows here, what I use, and what I've learned. Others are guides, made so you can do the same in your own garden, your own kit, or your own trip.

How the guides work

Read mine, then make yours

Every topic has my pages and, when it helps, a guide. My pages show what I do and why. The guides are step by step, so you can set up your own garden, your own tech, or your own trip.

Garden
My garden, in bloom30 plants and when each one flowersHaley's caterpillar cardsWho's eating what, and what they turn into
Build a bloom calendarPick your zone and plants, then download itCattle panel trellisesCut, bend, and pin your own arch
Type 1
My tech setupWhat I use every day, and whyYear oneA year of numbers and gear
Set up your techDexcom, Zukka, and Apple Watch, step by stepBuild a type 1 guideYour own guide, as a PDF
Travel
City guidesSix cities, and what I order at each place
Pack for a tripA type 1 packing checklist with backups

The guides are here when you need them: for your garden, your trips, and your type 1, if it's part of your life.

Diabetes

Type 1, when you need it

All of type 1
Guide · Make your own Set up your tech A Dexcom G7 or FreeStyle Libre, the Zukka app, and an Apple Watch, step by step. Tick what you use, pick your alarms, and save your own guide. Your sensorZukkaApple WatchYour alarms Start the setup From my kit 12–24 hours How long I let a new sensor soak before I start it, and why the first hours are the least accurate. Soaking a sensor
Garden

What grows, and what visits

All collections
No. 01 · Flowers · 30 plant cards

Milkweed feeds 450+ kinds of insect

Milkweeds Asclepias

Blooms May to Sep

450+insects12caterpillar species
Caterpillars
Monarch, Danaus plexippus; milkweed tussock moth, Euchaetes egle
Bees
Special value to native bees
Fun fact
Monarchs store its toxins, so birds avoid them
Explore my garden flower collection
Three pages, one caterpillar
  1. 1Meet them: caterpillar cards11 caterpillars, what they eat, and what they turn into
  2. 2Watch them change: how they changeEgg to wings, five ways to pupate
  3. 3Raise one: raising monarchsHow I raise them, stage by stage
Travel

Where I eat

Latest find: Ibai, a Basque grill in London. Order the “Croque Ibai” pintxo. LondonAtlantaSpainFranceCharlestonMontreal
All of travel
And

The team and the bookshelf

The teamMeet the team
HaleyHead gardenerGardener, cook, coach ColtSenior memberGarden job: security WesJunior memberGarden job: moral support
Picture book · Written here Cover of If Woof Woof Could TalkIf Woof Woof Could TalkWritten by Haley Maddox, illustrated by Jan Rae.Read it The whole bookshelf