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gemini_sage said:I was raised by Appalachian women who incorporated various lore into their gardening methods. I learned to approach the garden using observation and intuition. Various plants let me know when the soil is lacking something - daffodils or other bulbs may produce fewer blooms or something may show yellow new growth, etc. I love approaching the garden this way, I feel connected to the past in a sweet way, and to those strong women who have long since left this earth.

Neal ...

That has always been the first principle that both Ralph Moore and my primary rose mentor, Kim Rupert, taught me about roses. "The rose is your best teacher." True, they both taught the other stuff, but they always said that the rose trumps everything else they knew, so "learn from the rose."

Over the years, I have found that to be true.