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I have grown corn! by James Roush
A miracle has occurred on the Kansas prairie. I have, at long last, grown sweet corn in the Flint Hills. Praise God, and pass the butter and salt! This may not be an earth-shattering accomplishment...
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My climate, my choice by James Roush
The ample rain two weeks ago was enough to green up the buffalo grass and provide some much needed relief to the perennials here in Kansas. It also brought some relief to area gardeners, not from the...
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Garden Literature goes Up in Smoke by James Roush
Shutterstock image Dear friends, just as there is no hiding the fact that Professor Roush is a rose nut, there is also no suspense to the revelation that I am an entrenched bibliophile. My love of...
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Zombies ate my garden—ch-ching! by James Roush
Zombie gardener image courtesy of Shutterstock As near as I can tell, the gardening industry has overlooked a vast area of marketing that has the potential to start a gardening revolution among young...
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In defense of garden cats by James Roush
Cat photo courtesy of Shutterstock As a gardening veterinarian, I feel obligated to defend our feline friends against the recent onslaught of poor publicity directed towards them. I’m referring of...
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Capture the lightning by James Roush
On a recent afternoon, after a day and a half of strenuous garden work, Professor Roush quit working and took a number of photos to convince himself, and all of you, that spring was beginning in...
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Purple leaves me crabby by James Roush
Please listen to ProfessorRoush: you must plan your garden carefully rather than submit to the whims of spontaneous plant purchases and spectacular momentary blooms! Science suggests that in an...
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Japanese beetle traps—a reconsideration by James Roush
Japanese beetle courtesy of Shutterstock To trap or not to trap? That is the million roses question, isn’t it? Conventional wisdom holds that the use of Japanese beetle-specific traps will increase...
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Knocked Out—and not in a good way by James Roush
Knock Out in its natural state I suppose that I should have expected it. Once ‘Knock Out’ roses became ubiquitous in the suburban landscapes of America and moved beyond usefulness to cliché, I should...
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The Shutdown Hits Home by James Roush
Friends, in his own opinion, ProfessorRoush has done an exceptional job at Garden Musings, avoiding any mention of politics here over the now 3+ years I’ve blogged. Only those who know my tendency to...
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Garden in a gun by James Roush
While some conspiracy theorists believe that shadow organizations such as the Illuminati or the New World Order or the American military-industrial complex are heck-bent on taking over our lives,...
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When good garden writers give bad pruning advice by James Roush
Pruning image courtesy of Shutterstock Yes, ProfessorRoush has not blogged for quite some time. January has frankly been dismal here in the Flint Hills, and I’ve been leery of planning the return of...
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Boxwoods? Bah! by James Roush
ProfessorRoush would like to call down a pox on all garden authorities who have advocated various winter hardy boxwoods to be excellent landscaping plants. A further pox should descend on the big box...
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Urban prairie envy by James Roush
I’m not the owner of this house, nor am I the designer of the pictured front yard, but I do admire the knowledge, commitment and creativity of whoever made this garden. I came across this house on a...
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The Compostable Cup Trials by James Roush
Some years back, I ran across some compostable water bottles at a Starbucks in Seattle and, because of the skepticism deeply embedded in ProfessorRoush’s academic soul, I thought it would be a neat...
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Stellaaaaa! by James Roush
Stella d’oro courtesy of Shutterstock Sometimes even ProfessorRoush tires of his opinions, his interminable rants about disease or weeds or flower color or poor performance that keep him from enjoying...
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