Garden Musings

The prairie is full of native flowers blooming in early June.  Just a walk around the perimeter of my mowed area allowed me to capture all t...

ProfessorRoush took a vacation from work and gardening Friday and, with his beloved Mrs. ProfessorRoush, made a 2.5 hour daytrip west and so...

'Kaveri' While mowing this morning, ProfessorRoush was also assessing the garden.  I've been absent for nearly a week and the ga...

'Kaveri' ProfessorRoush would have a more witty and winsome post this morning, but the evening stroll last night with Bella left...

Most gardeners, ProfessorRoush included, labor under the delusion that we choose our plants, the plants we value enough to care for, but, tr...

"Arf, Arf, Arf;" the neighbors dog, Huck, was barking incessantly last night as I traipsed around the garden, trimming dead canes ...

(Sung to the tune of Closing Time by Semisonic) Healing time, I've shut the doors & I've stayed in from the cold hailed-on...

A recent post by Gaia Gardener about nice combinations of native prairie plants was timely and I made a mental note to blog this combinatio...