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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, [...]
Guest Rant by Rebecca Caley The tomato plants are so thick and sturdy, nothing can bring them down. That’s their story and they’re sticking to it. Never trust a tomato. [...]
Guest Rant by Wendy Kiang-Spray I mean, I get it...but I don't really get it. The lawn is meticulously manicured, the stonework beautiful, and within the lovely iron garden gate [...]
Guest Rant by Rebecca Sullivan I was just reading Billy Goodnick’s guest post, and I have to confess that by the end of it, I found myself annoyed. What bothered [...]
Why would anyone hide this view? By Billy Goodnick (billygoodnick.com) "If someone visiting your yard asks, ‘Did you do that on purpose?’ your yard needs help." That’s the [...]
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 [...]
Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com Guest Rant by Geoff Lewis I would like to speak to the curious sport of bedding plants. Bedding plants – you know, big pansies, dwarf [...]
Guest Rant by Will Raap Honey bees and wild pollinators need your help and need it now. Gardeners know that good pollination makes for better crops of tomatoes, cucumbers, apples [...]
Guest Rants in Verse by Jennifer Martenson For Whom the Leaf Blower Blows Consumer grade cost cutters available in mildly indifferent and turbo screw all y’all models* shift the burden [...]
Guest Rant by Shenandoah Kepler I’m a Baby Boomer and am told that just as we changed the work environment as we entered it, we're now changing the nature of [...]
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 [...]
This bouquet features three types of Oregon-grown roses: 'Prestige' red roses, 'Black Baccara' wine-red roses, and 'Gracia' pink spray roses. Plus, some multiflora rose hips and rosemary foliage for [...]
