GKH Musings

As the old proverb states, “Take time to smell the roses.”  I tell people it’s the small things in life that count . For me, several of these small things are located in the backyard. Watching the end carry a foliage through the…

Coastal California includes a Mediterranean climate — wet and mild in winter, dry and hot during summer — and it pays to get a gardener to use what nature provides. Planting native plants and blossoms cuts dramatically on the quantity…

that I really like becoming roses as a present. My favorites are quite a profound, almost black, reddish variety. The maintenance when developing them is my problem with those pretty flowers. At a private real estate I worked , the…

When you consider it, seeds are fairly wonderful. Inside a very small shell, seeds maintain the basis of life. Suspended until conditions are ideal for germinationseeds may reestablish a species ravaged by fire or flooding.  Each…

“A rose is a rose is a rose” has been quoted because Gertrude Stein composed it into her 1913 poem “Sacred Emily.” The sentence could be construed (and continues to be ) in a large number of ways much how an individual can research the…

I don’t now grow roses. I reside in deer country, and that I don’t have a tall fencing since I really like seeing the deer roam through my lawn (and needless to say, trimming my yard on their way throughout ).  I’ve discovered,…

Roses and that I don’t get together. This started at a fairly early age when my sisters and I had been playing a strong game of night label at my aunt’s home. Running in my sister, I tripped in the dark and collapsed in my aunt’s prize…

About 2 decades back, my spouse and I determined that while we adored Western Washington, especially our dwelling at Seattle, the sail times, sheer quantity of individuals, and raising prices supposed it was time to relocate. Since a…

I don’t grow roses and it’s not because I don’t like them. I adore roses. I love their odor and the pretty blossoms, however there are a couple of great reasons I prevent them in my garden, for today. One day that I might try a little…

When in regards to roses, lots of anglers love them or hate them. Prone to illness and coated with sharp, spiky thorns, I can certainly understand why some flower manufacturers prevent this plant in any way costs. Still, the crops…