Garden Musings

Finally, finally, finally, a small start to spring.   I found this first Magnolia stellata bloom on April 1st, and today on April 10th the ...

One might think that apricots have little to do with packrats, however both are currently pressing subjects on the mind of ProfessorRoush. ...

Yesterday, ProfessorRoush had a bit of work to do, but that first good working day of spring was finally upon me, April 6, 2019.  It was ini...

I say, "at last," like they were incredibly, irresponsibly late, drowsy, dilatory delinquents holding up progress, because I'v...

Okay, now it's obvious, Someone is just playing a particularly cruel joke on me.  I think it was just last year, or perhaps the year bef...

As foretold by Br. Placidus of Atchison Kansas , commenting on my last post, my garden has paid little heed to my keenings against its early...

As a general rule, I prefer to allow my shrubs to grow according to their own natural manner.  Stated in another way, ProfessorRoush is quit...

It's madness.  Complete and undisguised madness.  My garden, and its gardener, are a full two weeks ahead of the normal cycle here.  In ...

For all those gardeners who haven't happened upon it, there is a new online gardening magazine titled Toil the Soil  at BestGardenBlogs....