Garden Musings

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...

'Marie Bugnet' with Japanese Beetle Once again the annual plague has returned, defiling, defecating and fornicating in ProfessorRous...

'Prairie Dawn' Those who know ProfessorRoush and his blog well have probably been wondering; why hasn't he said anything yet abo...

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

Those who are of ProfessorRoush's era will recognize the quote represented by the title of this blog entry, and some may even hear it in...

Buzz™ Velvet Standing out, even from a distance, from the daylily yellow and oranges, from the hydrangea whites and green ornamental grasses...

When the detailed annals of twenty-first century gardening history are collected and indelibly written to the internet, today will be noted ...

ProfessorRoush has been waiting breathlessly for these 'Kaveri' lily buds to open, desperately afraid that a strong wind or the neig...

As a veterinarian, ProfessorRoush tries mightily to love "all creatures great and small," taking his cues from James Herriot...

I turned the corner last night, July 5, 2019, and there, right there on the top of virginally white 'Blanc Double de Coubert' in ful...

ProfessorRoush is NOT, of course, referring to a mythical reunion of Paul, Ringo, George, and any ex-band members who may exist, because if ...

Slowly and stealthly, the sly hunter stalks his prey beneath the searing sun.  He knows this foe, has studied its habits, sought out its sec...

ProfessorRoush's cardiovascular health was tested this morning as I had a bit of a shock while enjoying my garden.  I went out for a ...

No!  I won't finish saying it.  In the 1988 Tim Burton film, Beetlejuice , the obnoxious ghost perfectly played by Michael Keaton, appea...