In a previous post I promised more pictures of the roses in our backyard, specifically the red roses I was excited about. It bloomed about three times and I missed them all. Then Grandma McMahon came to town and she put her green thumbs to work. (Yes, Diana, some has worn off on me, but not a lot! I had a pretty high kill rate with plants up until moving here, and sadly, even here I have probably lost about 5-10% of the things I've tried to grow.) So Mom was determined to help me with my roses and proceeded to do a Sopranos-style whacking in my side yard! She cut two plants nearly to the core, was kind to two and just did a professional "removal of the cross vines" or something, and even pruned the just-planted red bush. Well, as hard as it was to look at for a few weeks, my faith in her never waned, and our roses are looking good. Except for the pink variety, which took a hard fall in the recent rains and winds. It's nearly knocked to the ground and covering the red bush. Looks like more pruning in our future! Here's Robbie this afternoon between the bushes in the side yard. I'm standing just outside our fence in the street, coming back from taking pictures of the cows.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Rose Report
In a previous post I promised more pictures of the roses in our backyard, specifically the red roses I was excited about. It bloomed about three times and I missed them all. Then Grandma McMahon came to town and she put her green thumbs to work. (Yes, Diana, some has worn off on me, but not a lot! I had a pretty high kill rate with plants up until moving here, and sadly, even here I have probably lost about 5-10% of the things I've tried to grow.) So Mom was determined to help me with my roses and proceeded to do a Sopranos-style whacking in my side yard! She cut two plants nearly to the core, was kind to two and just did a professional "removal of the cross vines" or something, and even pruned the just-planted red bush. Well, as hard as it was to look at for a few weeks, my faith in her never waned, and our roses are looking good. Except for the pink variety, which took a hard fall in the recent rains and winds. It's nearly knocked to the ground and covering the red bush. Looks like more pruning in our future! Here's Robbie this afternoon between the bushes in the side yard. I'm standing just outside our fence in the street, coming back from taking pictures of the cows.
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Wow, he looks just like Noel in that picture! I've really enjoyed reading your writing, and especially admiring your pictures since Noel told me about the blog.
Congratulations on the birth of Jake! He's a cutie and looks a lot like Robbie too.
I have roses, too, Heather! And I don't have a green thumb either, so they grow high and out of control at times but when they bloom they make me so happy and I fill my house with them. I will have to take some pics to rival yours - of course, i don't get to show off my offspring as I don't have any yet, will Jordy the car suffice? :)
Jordy the CAT - - I meant!!!
Thanks...and thank for checking in Elysia! And yes, there are many moments when i look at both Robbie and Jake and see more and more of Noel. That's fine with me!
Elsa, it sounds like my Mom would love to get your hands on yours, too. Looking forward to your roses pics one day. And did I read that right where you said, "not yet" about offspring? :)
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