James K. Roush, Author at GardenRant

James K. Roush

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Dr. James K. Roush is a 2007 Riley County Master Gardener. He gardens on a shallow façade of clay overlying the chert and limestone bedrock of the Kansas Flint Hills that provides a sharp contrast in gardening experience to the deep Indiana soils he was raised on. When he’s not gardening, reading about gardening, or writing about gardening, he is a small animal veterinary orthopedic surgeon and a Professor at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Empty-nested, only a long-suffering wife and a faithful canine now compete for his attentions with the garden.

Dr. Roush has written a book of essays based on his personal experiences in the garden, Garden Musings, published in 2009 by iUniverse. Comprised of wry and irreverent observations about gardening and life as a gardener, Garden Musings provides a refreshing look at every gardener’s struggles with plants, animals, the environment and gardening orthodoxy. Garden Musings is available for preview and purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iUniverse. Kindle and Ebook versions are available at Amazon and iUniverse, respectively.

Articles by James K. Roush

Garden Literature goes to Pot

Garden Literature goes to Pot

By James K. Roush|2021-01-19T16:42:34-05:00October 11, 2012|

Shutterstock image Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings Dear friends, just as there is no hiding the fact that Professor Roush is a rose [...]

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Gardeners need plant deliveries appropriate for our climate

Gardeners need plant deliveries appropriate for our climate

By James K. Roush|2021-01-19T16:20:41-05:00September 13, 2012|

Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings The ample rain two weeks ago was enough to green up the buffalo grass and provide some much needed relief [...]

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I have grown corn!

I have grown corn!

By James K. Roush|2021-01-19T13:01:51-05:00August 6, 2012|

Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings A miracle has occurred on the Kansas prairie. I have, at long last, grown sweet corn in the Flint Hills. Praise [...]

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Japanese beetles for sale? Really?

Japanese beetles for sale? Really?

By James K. Roush|2021-01-19T12:48:54-05:00July 5, 2012|

Guest post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings This morning, on a trip out of town, I innocently stopped at a large regional nursery about 60 miles east [...]

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Don’t get the Drift (Roses)

Don’t get the Drift (Roses)

By James K. Roush|2021-02-07T13:16:28-05:00October 20, 2011|

Guest rant from James Roush, a professor of veterinary medicine who blogs at Garden Musings. Was anyone else seduced by the hype of the Drift® roses this year? The slogans [...]

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Trophy weeding

Trophy weeding

By James K. Roush|2021-01-19T06:27:29-05:00May 2, 2011|

Guest post by Kansas blogger and professor of veterinary medicine James Rousch A post by Carol of May Dreams Gardens, suggesting that a dandelion she had pulled was at least [...]

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Drinking the Witch Hazel Kool-Aid

Drinking the Witch Hazel Kool-Aid

By James K. Roush|2021-02-07T13:18:29-05:00March 8, 2011|

Guest rant from Kansas master gardener, blogger, and veterinary surgeon James Roush. One of my many, many pet gardening peeves (which should be differentiated from the many pets that peeve [...]

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No love for mums

No love for mums

By James K. Roush|2021-02-07T13:19:58-05:00October 17, 2010|

Here's a guest post from James Roush, who hates mums as much or maybe even more than I do. James's blog is Garden Musings.—Eliz. My muse for today's blog is [...]

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