Garden Musings

There I was, minding my own business last weekend while I was doing some fall-cleanup chores; you know, things like putting the peony suppor...

Sweet Gum ProfessorRoush woke up this morning a little late, reading on his bedside clock that it was just prior to 7:00 a.m.   Normally his...

In the modern world, there are many, many things that the curmudgeonly ProfessorRoush does not understand.  Chief among these is the prolife...

ProfessorRoush fully realizes this entry may seem like a rerun of last week's post,  but he came back from a short trip today to see tha...

Earlier this week, ProfessorRoush noticed that one of his " old French " lilacs was blooming.  It is not, in itself, an unusual ...

It never fails.  Every spring, ProfessorRoush is a neat freak in his garden, and then, come every autumn, I'm exhausted by the constant ...

It occurs to me that some of you may fear that this blog is, at times, in danger of becoming a "weather report", justifiably so si...

Believe me, ProfessorRoush is very aware that he's been "blog-absent" for a couple of weeks, but life sometimes makes other pl...

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (dark form) If you've followed this blog long, you have probably guessed that many of my photo inspirations, a...

In the Kansas Flint Hills, late July and August is a dreadful period for gardeners.  There is often a seasonal lack of rain during those wee...