Comments on: Why Bad Things Happen to Good Gardeners

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:14:40 +0000

Even though I’m a little late to the party, I saw what rosemarie did in July – no roses.
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By: rosemarie

rosemarie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:48:06 +0000

I hear you with the roses – I didn’t have any this year — all diseased. Why?

By: Leslie Lowell

Leslie Lowell — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:40:29 +0000

So glad I ran into your website through a couple other blogs. Your home and garden look so lovely. I think my own back yard would fit within that picket fence! Visitors always say how great one’s garden looks but we all know what things are lurking…like icky black gunk on my honesuckle flowers.

By: MNGarden

MNGarden — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:18:01 +0000

From a distance the garden looks good.

By: Cindy, MCOK

Cindy, MCOK — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:06:26 +0000

Well, at least your monarda has blooms! I planted it months ago in my rose bed (the one with the split rail fence on the alleyway corner). It’s running quite happily through the bed but it shows no signs whatsoever of being inclined to bloom. It better get with the program or it’s history!

What would I do if I didn’t garden? I might cook more often. Maybe. That’s a very strong maybe.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:24:25 +0000

Ohhh….death… when fickle Mother Nature kicks you in the gardening sore spot. I’m not trying to hock my blog by any means, but we do celebrate “Garden Blogger’s Death Day” once a month where we all bring out our dead and support each other like a well-staked garden trellis.

http://gardeningwithoutskills.blogspot.com/search/label/Garden%20Bloggers%20Death%20Day

Even with all the death, your garden still looks beautiful!

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:14:03 +0000

A book – sounds wonderful and I can’t wait to read it! You know we’ve all been there too. When I start complaining I think of the gardener I met in Botswana – he had to deal with elephants tromping through his garden. So it’s really not so bad, is it?

By: Layanee

Layanee — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:10:32 +0000

Can I get a signed copy when it comes out? You go girl!

By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter

Mr. McGregor's Daughter — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:26:45 +0000

I keep singing the first line from Elvis Costello’s “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes,” “Oh I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.” The Magnolia has scale again, the leaves blackened with sticky stuff, the air around it filled with wasps and hornets and I’m squishing Japanese Beetles all over the place. Welcome to July. Can you add in a chapter entitled “When the Power Company Tree Manglers Came”?
I must say that your photo displays none of the woes currently plaguing your garden. It looks rather idyllic.