Garden Musings

'Snow Pavement' As ProfessorRoush toured the garden this morning, in the cool beginning of another scorching day, his heart was ligh...

ProfessorRoush has nothing clever to say tonight; no biting wit, no humor, not even a long love poem to a favorite rose.  I took advantage o...

I was mowing yesterday, wilting on the John Deere seat in the summer-like high 90's temperatures and seared by the blazing sun, but the ...

This winter, I will not lose these urns of life. This winter, I will not forget where I stored these pomes. This winter, I will not place ...

There are roses that you love from the first glimpse, and roses that sometimes have to earn your love over time.  ProfessorRoush is here, li...

Today, I'll show you why, in photos instead of my usual wordy rambling, that I handpick the Japanese beetles off my roses. All the pho...

'Fantin-Latour' At a certain stage of life, gardeners begin to notice that their connections with childhood friends are intertwi...

ProfessorRoush seems to have been a little whiny about droughts and diseased roses this Spring, so I thought I would bring a brighter note t...