Sommelier, doesn’t that have an elegant ring? You also will wear a tastevin on a silver chain around your neck, French for “taste wine.” According to Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis at the French Culinary Institute in Campbell, CA when asked what does becoming a Sommelier mean to the average person “It means doing Continue Reading
Rapid Fire Results With Roses
Most people say they would grow roses if they could make it simple. Back in the corporate world I worked with a president of a division that said to me that he would grow roses if I could make it easy so this is what I wrote: Four Seasons of Continue Reading
Rose Pruning The Rite of Spring
In May 1913, Igor Stravinsky debuted his ballet The Rite of Spring (watch a YouTube video). Though it is one of Stravinsky’s most famous works, his creation was first met with harsh criticism, negative reviews, and yes – a riot. I put forth to you today that the emotion evoked Continue Reading
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Best Tips For Pruning Roses Stress-Free
I would like to coin a new gardening phrase. Pruning post traumatic stress disorder (PPTSD) I have it, it’s real, I suffer every President’s Day. It occurred from having pruned right after President’s Day in Texas. President’s Day is supposed to be the last day of the danger of a Continue Reading
Strand Theory
Strand Theory is this: I purport that there is a distinct relationship between the way one approaches pruning their bushes and an emotional attachment to the very strands of hair on one’s head. This is not junk science folks. I shall set about to prove my theory with actual case Continue Reading