Rudyard Kipling said, “Remember Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.†However, shade sitting is never quite so satisfying as when one is contemplating the beauty of a rose garden from the prospective of being in it and having created a rose garden in the sun. Here is Continue Reading
Do-It-YourselfEntertaining TalesGarden MakeoversGarden PhotographyGardening & Social MediaHoliday TributesPlantsPruningRose PruningRoses
Rose Pruning Primer, Early Pruning post traumatic stress disorder (PPTSD)
Let us hope and pray y’all have not gotten spring fever with the deceptively warm winter, gone wild and whacked your bushes. Because if a killing frost comes along there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth if the new growth stimulated by your early pruning dies back as the Continue Reading
Do-It-YourselfEntertaining TalesFamily HumorGarden MakeoversGarden PhotographyGardening & Social MediaOUI TheoryPlantsRoses
Roses, It’s About Time
It’s about time all gardeners have a rose garden. If they want one then they shall have one. The RoseDoc, Ted Mills, Chattanooga, TN wrote an article in the American Rose Society’s American Rose Magazine September/October 2011 edition called The Last Word…On Roses. He says the median age of the Continue Reading
Late Bloomers
Late bloomers toss their Hail Mary’s with wild abandon. Spectacular with a stark backdrop of dramatic foreboding skies telling of unknown factors that will impact their destiny; cold, snow, ice or warming and cooling to extremes. They create a freeze frame of wondrous moments of surrender to powers beyond their Continue Reading
Do-It-YourselfEntertaining TalesFamily HumorGarden MakeoversGarden PhotographyGardening & Social MediaHouse PlantsOUI TheoryPatio PotsPlantsUncategorized
Bloom Where You Are Planted
Everything you want to know about bloom where you are planted you can learn from a carousel pony. People that love you will stand by you. Joy reflects in your face. Life has its ups and downs. There’s always a blur of activity around you. You can enjoy the ride Continue Reading