If your friends and neighbors are starting to avoid you when they see you have yet another bag of garden vegetables to share, maybe it's time to freeze some of them to enjoy next winter.
BULB: Chinese ground orchid (Bletilla striata). This is a plant that I have enjoyed for several years. It is native to China, Korea, and Japan and is a member of the orchid family.
My wife and I have been together since late 1979. Over these many years, we have come to enjoy every venue of gardening and take advantage of all the space we have had in each of the sites we called home. It hasn't always been easy, but we have always been up to the challenges.
Four chores a month doesn't seem like much, but as the days grow hotter, and longer, be glad that with only four big things to think a out, the chores can be spread over several days if need be.
I once thought that roses were too demanding and prone to problems, but my husband loved them and convinced me they were not. We now have more than 30 healthy roses. Many rose difficulties can be controlled with careful selection of plant varieties and management of growing conditions.
