Garden Musings

Earlier this week, ProfessorRoush noticed that one of his " old French " lilacs was blooming.  It is not, in itself, an unusual ...

It never fails.  Every spring, ProfessorRoush is a neat freak in his garden, and then, come every autumn, I'm exhausted by the constant ...

It occurs to me that some of you may fear that this blog is, at times, in danger of becoming a "weather report", justifiably so si...

Believe me, ProfessorRoush is very aware that he's been "blog-absent" for a couple of weeks, but life sometimes makes other pl...

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (dark form) If you've followed this blog long, you have probably guessed that many of my photo inspirations, a...

In the Kansas Flint Hills, late July and August is a dreadful period for gardeners.  There is often a seasonal lack of rain during those wee...

ProfessorRoush received an unusual offer a couple of weeks back;  an offer via email from Tom Doyle himself to grow and promote Doyle's ...

 While the rest of the world is occupied with either embracing or avoiding the inevitable summer heat of July and August in the Northern Hem...

Serendipity is defined by the Oxford dictionary as "the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way....