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This is an example of a WordPress post, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many posts as you like in order to share with your readers what is on your mind. This is an example of a WordPress post, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many posts as you like in order to share with your readers what is on your mind. This is an example of a WordPress post, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many posts as you like in order to share with your readers what is on your mind. This is an...

Orchid from the Atlanta Botanic Garden. I felt like we both bloomed at the conference. A couple of weeks ago I went to Tulsa and Ft. Worth for confabs with such lovely gardeners. I also attended the Garden Bloggers Conference in Atlanta. I'm on the advisory board, but I had few expectations when I boarded the plane. I knew the Digital Sherpa folks from talking on the phone and emails, but we'd never met in person. Still, I liked their vision for blogging, and the speaker lineup they assembled was mighty. In all this time, I'm embarrassed to say I've never heard plantsman, Dan Hinkley, speak. Maybe, because I live in the center of the country, and I've missed the few opportunities he's been here. His self-deprecating, Lutheran, midwestern humor was great, and no one knows more about plants. From him, I also learned to add video and sound to...

My fall flower garden which is full of eye candy right now. I'll pretty much let the photos tell the story. At least I'll try. A fall collage The roses are back in bloom. I gave them a shearing in September--later and different strategy these last few years because of the heat and drought. It's taking a chance to prune so late, but otherwise, I won't see them bloom much. You don't get rose bloom in our state during summer. It's too hot, there's blackspot, and the roses suffer greatly. Three more succumbed to Rose Rosette, and I've planted different things where they grew. You should never replace a rose with another in the same spot. Some would say it's bad karma. I would say it has to do with the soil. 'Blonde Ambition' blue grama grass One spot got Bouteloua gracilis  'Blonde Ambition' blue grama grass. I looked for it...