It’s beginning to look a lot like dahlias. Fooled you! I bet you expected me to say “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” After all • it looks like Christmas at Hobby Lobby, • Berthold’s Garden Center got a shipment of Christmas decorations today, and • Celtic Women have tickets on sale for . . . → Read More: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Dahlias
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Proven Winners has perfected the petunia. I’ve planted Bubblegum for several years now, each year with amazing success. I do water them almost every day and fertilize every week or two. No deadheading. This particular planter was started by Frank Campise and has 3 plants. Mike won it at a Central States Dahlia Society function. . . . → Read More: The Perfect Petunia Is Prominent On Our Pretty Patio It’s automatic – We see a rose; we smell the rose. Seems kind of like a useless exercise these days, as so many roses have had the fragrance bred out of them. It’s not that hybridizers don’t like fragrance, it’s just that we consumers insist on roses that are disease resistant, survive the elements, and . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – Louie’s Favorite Fragrant Roses Other people leave town; then they come back home to that which is comfortable and familiar. I leave town, and Mike considers that an opportunity to tear the place apart. Case in point. I went to visit my friend Regine for a few days many years ago. I came home to no kitchen. Cabinets out. . . . → Read More: We Have A Patio! |
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