Garden Musings

One never knows, do we?  Last Friday started out as a normal day, but it certainly ended with a bang.  After my workday, Mrs. ProfessorRous...

A recent post on Gardenweb.com reminded me to check up on an experiment I tried a summer back in my garden.  In 2009, when my garden was on ...

For this Labor Day of the year of our Lord 2010, I'd like to highlight a now infrequently seen but delightful rambler, the rose 'Am...

It seems like the weather across the U.S. has cooled a bit this week and the Flint Hills were no exception, with highs in the 80's and l...

Oh boy, was I ever surprised!  I knew that one of the common names for Lycoris squamigera  was "Surprise Lily," but when one cropp...

North view from my house in December. Subject to human failings like everyone else, I sometimes forget to look past the mildewed phlox an...

Gardeners, in general, are a diverse mass of good people, but even the soul-building activities of toiling in soil and caring for living pla...

Rosa 'Prairie Star' As a plant-collecting gardener, I often run across and purchase plants whose name has some connection with pe...

One thing about it for sure; there are certainly snakes on the Flint Hills prairie.  As a general rule, I don't mind snakes, but I do...

Here in the Flint Hills, my gardening efforts dwindle off in July and August as the sun and heat build and chase me inside. The garden doesn...

I owe an explanation to readers who have found this blog and are wondering what on earth ever possessed me to begin it: Once upon a time ...