Rob's plants

Where on earth have I landed?

The proper question is: What two places on earth have I landed.

Who's a-gardening?

Mostly me (Rob), as much as I can, with Amy in a supporting role. All three of our kids are off to college now, but they occasionally mow the lawn in exchange for room and board when they revisit the homestead. Even though back in Allentown they all had their own little back-yard gardens, they haven't quite caught the gardening bug.

What's going on?

You can read about the latest musings about what's happening in the garden in my garden journal. I'd write more right here on this page, but I was always forgetting to update the information, and found some embarrassingly out-of-date statements - so I'll just try to keep my thoughts in my journal from now on. I'd call it a blog, but I'm an old-fashioned kind of guy. Latest entry: 'Magical quests' on July 21, 2025.

What does it look like?

We're not sure what our Pennsylvania garden looks like right now – we left it to a new family who we hope will appreciate its many treasures, while making it their own. So I can only describe what it looked like when last we gardened there... Our almost-one-half-acre plot had plenty of garden space – the lawn area was constantly shrinking.

What plants?

I haven't tried to keep track of the number of different plants we've grown over the years, but it has to be over a couple thousand. Every year, new ones join the fold, from various seed trades and exchanges, mail-order, and local nursery purchases. For a good number of plants, I've collected some general information and added my comments, and in many cases photographs from our garden.