July has arrived and I think that I’m just about ready to sit back and enjoy my garden for the next few months. What I mean by this is that from early April until last week or so, every time I visited my garden I had work to do! From spring clean up, pruning the [...]
I always thought that Japanese beetle infestations were at their worst in July. Why then, are they suddenly attacking some of my roses in August? I’ve luckily never had too much trouble with Japanese beetles. Only a few here and there each year, whereas I hear from some gardeners that their roses and other plants [...]
There’s an interesting conversation going on about the Live Earth concert at Go Smell the Flowers. The blog author asks the question: Live earth is kicking off around the world today with performance in all 7 continents with over 10,000 events promised globally. Will it really help? Are we too late or no need for [...]
