The triumph of the beetle
When the detailed annals of twenty-first century gardening history are collected and indelibly recorded in cyberspace, today will be noted as the day that ProfessorRoush grudgingly conceded his unwilling submission [...]
James K. Roush, Guest Ranter
Temporal disobedience
Hate turning your clock back? You’re not alone. Here’s guest Ranter James Roush’s opinion of it: That's it. Professor Roush has had it! I'm done with the stupid seasonal time [...]
The Compostable Cup Trials
Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings Some years back, I ran across some compostable water bottles at a Starbucks in Seattle and, because of the [...]
I love this front-yard urban prairie
Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings I'm not the owner of this house, nor am I the designer of the pictured front yard, but I [...]
Boxwoods? Bah!
Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings ProfessorRoush would like to call down a pox on all garden authorities who have advocated various winter hardy boxwoods to be excellent [...]
When good garden writers give bad pruning advice
Pruning image courtesy of Shutterstock Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings Yes, ProfessorRoush has not blogged for quite some time. January has frankly been [...]
The Shutdown Hits Home
Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings Friends, in his own opinion, ProfessorRoush has done an exceptional job at Garden Musings, avoiding any mention of politics here [...]
Knocked Out—and not in a good way
Knock Out in its natural state Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings I suppose that I should have expected it. Once Knock Out roses became [...]
Japanese beetle traps—a reconsideration
Japanese beetle courtesy of Shutterstock Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings To trap or not to trap? That is the million roses question, [...]
Purple leaves leave me crabby
Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings Please listen to ProfessorRoush: you must plan your garden carefully rather than submit to the whims of spontaneous plant purchases and [...]
In defense of garden cats
Cat photo courtesy of Shutterstock Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings As a gardening veterinarian, I feel obligated to defend our feline friends [...]
Zombie gardening: there’s money to be made
Zombie gardener image courtesy of Shutterstock Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings As near as I can tell, the gardening industry has overlooked [...]