I have not had luck planting roses in the fall, so I don’t try it anymore. I always order my roses in the winter and plant them in the spring. In the Midwest, fall is usually time to put the rosebushes to bed. The manner most used is to cut the canes to about a […]
General gardening
Garden Thoughts
I have posted on “Things I Have Learned In The Garden” in my other blog, ‘truegrit’. It is written in a more contemplative tone than I usually use here. Feeling like some quiet thoughts? A few things to mull over? Have any of your own to add to the comments? I invite you to visit […]
Autumn, Rest and Reaping
As Hurricane Ivan pushed through the Southern states, we were grazed with some rain, wind, and cooler temperatures. Pretty normal, really, and in sharp contrast to the very harsh circumstances that so many people have to face in rebuilding their lives and homes. Sometimes it makes me feel guilty that I worry about my little […]
The Garden of Life
My life has been changing, and the need for my garden to change with it has reached critical mass. This summer proved it. As with the blog, I was not able to attend to my garden through the second half of the summer. I can’t tell you how disappointing this has been. Particularly since the […]
Pruning Your Mugo Pine
Don’t Butcher Your Pine The Mugo gets large when left unpruned. This shrub is now about 6 feet tall I have to make this small entry, to save someone out there from the butchering their mugo pines, as once seen in my neighborhood. On the other hand, if you don’t keep up timely pruning (done as […]
Scenic Nursery: Bedding Plant Planting
Scenic Nursery | Weblog: Bedding Plant Planting I always enjoy reading Patrick Rogers entries, and this one is now appropriate for Ohio gardens. We are still trying to put in our bedding plants…. between inundations. ‘Bedding plants’ is sort of an old fashioned term bringing on visions of Gertrude Jekyll, and her magnificent plans for […]
