Roses and Other Gardening Joys

There are two types of rosarians.  Organic and chemical dependent?  No.  Old garden rose lovers and modern rose growers?  No.  Knowledgeable...

As gardeners working the land, whether for food or for flowers, we know that our actions can either hurt or help the soil, the plants, and t...

The Knockout roses are blooming their heads off.  I've had a few other roses starting to bloom, but not all yet. Here, Knockout in t...

After all that lamenting about my azalea envy, I realized I do have one azalea that's thriving!  I always forget it's an azalea, tho...

Azaleas grow well in this part of the country.  Almost everyone's yard has at least one azalea, and many yards have numerous azalea plan...

It seems to me that only gardeners or meteorologists keep up with rainfall totals.  If I start talking to anyone else about the amount of ra...

"Dutch treat" is a term used to mean that each party will pay their own way.  I have been having a different kind of dutch treat i...