Hosta By Kelley

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This section of the PBKsPlace Website is a 'blog' about one man's obsession, and adventures with growing hosta in St. Paul, Minnesota in the United States.  This garden is located just a few miles south of the 45º North Latitude.  Pages are added on the First and Fifteenth of the month.  This blog is active from March 15th to October 15th; growing seasons may vary.  The author/host welcomes questions and comments from you the reader; please refer to the HOME page for the mailing form.

While many key pages are complete ...  the author still considereds this section of the site under construction.

 

A Re-introduction To Hostas By Kelley

Home Page

 

About the Author

 

I am what some might call an obsessed gardener. I do look at my plants every day, and consider changes that others might think are minor.  Has that leaf grown; why was that other leaf torn; why is that flower late; will we see a flower on that hosta; which hosta spike will do better; and why is that hosta growing to slow?  By today's writing standards I am labeled as a 'hard core' blog writer since my blog entries are generally never shorter than the old measurement of typed two pages; roughly 1000 words.

I attempt to have my plants photographed monthly.  I diagram the snow and ice melt off my garden; and from time to time I talk to my plants, "Grow my lovelies, grow!  Muwhahahahaha!   And take over the ... ... Raised Bed!".  I am also not a perfect gardener - by no means.  I have mistaken weeds for plants, and mis-planted hosta to high or to low. I have forgotten to water from time to time, I have lost hosta to crown rot, freeze out, frost heave, and being impatient for them to come up.  I have never had a 100% survival year.

Between all of this I also have 11 different disabilities. Gardening for me is what keeps me calm in this world of to-dos; must-dos; and the can't-dos I face. It reminds me that the rest of the world must have a point of collaboration to make every thing even out.

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The following links are considered to be the continuations of this particular page.  Please read them if you want a clear understanding about why these pages exist.

 

• Overview: Hosta Survival
• Changes and Adjustments
• Archived Materials
• Acknowledgments
• Statistics and Counts [in process]

 

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So who am I?  I'm Peter Kelley, and I am what some might call an obsessed gardener ...