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The Garden is Thriving

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Yes I’m still neglecting my garden, but it truly is thriving despite the lack of care. I’ve been so ill the last few days I haven’t been able to do much more than look out the window at all the buds developing on the roses and other flowers.

Luckily I’m married. My husband has been watering the garden every few days, and other than the pruning that I so desperately need to do on half my roses, the watering seems to be all that needs to be done.

Everything is covered in buds or is blooming. Two of my clematis, well two that I’ve noticed so far, possibly there’s more, are blooming! I ate my first homegrown strawberry of the season a little while ago too.

We’re expecting rain later today, and tomorrow. Possibly thunderstorms. I’m sure the garden will be overgrown soon if I don’t get out there and start trimming.






I’m neglecting my garden

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The last time I was in the garden doing any work was more than a week ago. I tidied up the front garden beds and really meant to get to the backyard to finish the half that I had left to trim, prune and fix up, but I just haven’t got back there to do it.

Last weekend, not this one, last weekend we even went to a garden center and I bought some Tomato plants, cucumbers and a lot of other veggies as well as a few annuals to plant. Have I do anything with them other than water them three times? Nope!

I’ve just not been feeling well enough to get out there and get the work done.

It’s a shame really. The plants are surviving without me, but I know if I got out there and trimmed the dead wood off the rose, and pruned them into shape it would help stimulate them and make then grow a whole lot more. Also … I’d rather work with them now to shape them before they grow too much as it will be harder job and uh … more dangerous to my skin as they get bigger and fuller.

since I have more than 60 roses it’s quite interesting to take a look at my hands and arms after I’ve been working with them. I wear gloves but the thorns sometimes punch right through the gloves. I’ll come in after an hour or two of pruning and I’ll have scratches from the roses all the way up to my shoulders, or well … pretty close!

Is gardening a dangerous activity in your yard too?

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.

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