Last year was a very hard year with the loss of John’s father and his grandmother. We just found this piece that our son had written after attending Mamo’s funeral. He was kind enough to let me share it here. “I just got the call. Mamo passed away.” My brother and I looked up to […]
There is no gardening without humility. nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. – Alfred Austin — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 84°F;Humidity: 56%;Heat Index: 86°F;Wind Chill: 84°F;Pressure: 30.11 in.;
The Mrs. B.R. Cant is a tea rose that was introduced in England in 1901. Can you imagine? This rose has been handed down by cutting (asexual reproduction) for over 100 years! Mrs. B.R. Cant has an ARS rating of 8.7, which is very good. It is very disease and pest resistant. It also seems […]
This is one of those roses that when it’s good, it’s gorgeous! But when it’s bad, it’s pretty bad. It has a small problem with black spot in my garden. If I can stay ahead of it, it’s better, but it will still get it no matter it seems. But I think this rose, unlike […]
I have a beautiful rose that someone had given me a couple of years ago that is just now mature enough to bloom and I have no idea what it is. It looks like “Nearly Wild” but it has a climbing habit rather than bush. It is incredibly disease resistant and has a lovely sweet […]
This is another David Austin rose that was introduced in 1996. We actually got this one for Samantha for her third birthday. Now, before you think we are awful parents for getting her a rose instead of toys, just know that she picked it out and really wanted it at the time. The Scepter’d Isle […]
The kids gave me a book for Mother’s Day called “The Little Big Book of Roses”. It is a collection of recipes, tips, literary excerpts, facts, lore… a little bit of everything. I love it! One of the recipes in it is for candied rose petals. Here it is… Candied Rose Petals Candied rose petals […]
Look at this rose! It does almost seem to glow doesn’t it? The “Glowing Peace” was introduced by Meilland in France in 1999. It is a hybrid tea and won the ‘All-American Rose Selection’ in 2001. This rose is very disease resistant and will grow on a tall bush to about 4 feet. Each 3-inch […]
This is another one of the many wonderful roses that I got from a gardening friend, Dita. It is called Red Cascade and it is a miniature climbing rose that was introduced in 1976. The Red Cascade has an ARS rating of 7.1 and it has an excellent rating in my garden! It will stay […]
Sure, you can make your own concoction and it will be cheaper, but Howard Garret makes it so easy! Spraying with ‘Garrett Juice’ is one of the things I try to do regularly in my garden and the roses and veggies especially love it! It is an incredible folliar feed. I went for a couple […]
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