As the Garden Grows

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The sun is shining!

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Finally!

The week started off well, with perhaps our hottest day so far this year, but then it quickly went downhill beginning on Tuesday.

It’s been cold, rainy and kind of dreary most of this week. I’m not complaining because the plants in my garden sure did need that rain and as I’ve said in earlier posts this week the garden has been growing and blooming like crazy.

It’s just that the cold and drizzle haven’t done a thing for my spirits!

Finally, today it’s sunny out. It’s still on the cool side though. It was supposed to reach 18 Celsius which is about 64 F, but as far as I can tell the highest it’s gotten has been to 15 C. Oh well, that’s still warmer than much of the rest of the week.

The weekend looks like it’s going to be really nice. I’m hoping to get outside and finish up the “spring cleaning” of my garden. I still have bulbs to plant too! Remember last fall I bought a bunch of bulbs but didn’t feel well enough to plant them? Well, most of them survived the winter in our cool basement but I’ve got to get them in the ground!

Since I haven’t planted any seeds yet I’ll probably do a bit of that this weekend too. We might even go to a nursery and buy some veggies that have already been started – tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers just to catch up!

We’ll also buy some new cedar mulch to put on the garden beds to hold in moisture.






The meaning of Roses

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Do you love Roses? If you’ve been reading my site you know that I do! I grow over 60 different types of roses. I know that most people, well almost all women, enjoy the surprise of having roses delivered unexpectedly to their home, or office.

The gift of a rose can say so many things – from love to friendship to compassion. If you’ve ever been curious about what the color of roses really means you should visit the ProFlowers meaning of roses page. The main page has a brief summary of what each color means, but if you click the descriptive line for each rose color you’ll be taken to a page that has quite a bit of information about that roses particular color. Did you know that orange roses symbolize passion and excitement and are an expression of fervent romance? I bet you probably would have guessed that that would describe a red rose, wouldn’t you?

The next time you want to send roses to someone take a look at the Meaning of Roses page and send them roses that reflect how you really feel about that person.

Flowers make a great muse

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This evening I spent some time going over the photos I’ve taken in the last week or so of the flowers and foliage in my garden.

I really enjoy photographing my garden as it grows. Each leaf, each bud, and finally each flower contains multiple photographic opportunities as they develop.

I decided to show you this photo today. Can you see how the petals of the daffodil have tiny little sparkling areas of iridescence. Until I took this photo I never realized that the petals were so … sparkly. If you can’t see it well with the photo this size, click on it and you’ll end up on my Flickr page where you can see a larger image.

Daffodil

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