Garden Musings

Hold the presses.  ProfessorRoush wishes to interrupt his irregularly scheduled blog with an important emergency bulletin!  'IoBelle...

All the rain we've had recently in Central Kansas has the rich prairie soil sprouting mushrooms everywhere, and it has ProfessorRoush ...

I suddenly realized yesterday that I'd been looking for Monarch butterflies to show up for years in the wrong place. And it has unfortun...

After a hard summer of rampant garden growth (accompanied by rampant weed growth), and all the incumbent lawn-mowing that accompanies abunda...

What is that time-honored saying again?  "If you can't beat them, join them?"  Okay, Lord, I'm beaten down to my marrow an...

Third time is, indeed, a charm!  Or the fourth, or the fifth attempt, perhaps, I've lost track.  I've tried and tried to establish a...

Orienpet 'Anasthasia' Wherein, we continue last week's display of various Oriental & Orienpet lilies and some new (to me) da...

Some of you may be wondering if you have missed my annual tirade against Japanese Beetles, but never fear, they have arrived.  I saw my firs...

'Casablanca', 'Yellow Dream', &Orienpet 'Purple Prince'  ProfessorRoush wanted to title this "Lily Porn 1...

 I'll continue with pictures from the actual 2026 Garden Tour, which was yesterday.  The forecast rain held off, the sun came out, and t...