In Anticipation Of A Better Year Happy New Year 2017 I would like to present you with the image of a warmer day in our garden, the Zephirine Drouhin rose. A climbing fragrant rose that blooms continuously throughout the season. One of many things I anticipate again in June. About this ‘anticipation’, I got the idea from a free bookmark I received from the American Horticultural Society of which … Continue reading Happy New Year
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Late Autumn Did we really have a summer? Briefly. Most of the leaves are gone now and the plants are ready to take a rest. But some plants in the garden are still pushing out their last show of the season. I envy some of them when I do garden chores in a sweatshirt in a bracing chilly wind and see them with their bare branches … Continue reading What’s Left
An End And A Beginning Spring has come and gone and somewhat unevenly too. The gap between day and night temperatures was very wide for some time, then a continuously pouring rain for several days. During the 70 to 85 degrees days, the plants shot up, leaves peeking out and flowers budding only to be knocked back by very cold nights. Vegetables, except for the tomatoes and … Continue reading Spring Recap
They Keep On Flowering I guess we can’t have everything. After raining for a few days, the weather has returned to early spring in which night temperatures hover around 50°F. It’s great for the roses but not so great for tomatoes, peppers and beans. The vegetables grow very slowly in temperatures like this. But the roses that survived the recent heavy rain do last longer … Continue reading Roses This Spring: Old Garden Roses and the Others
Looking Great Until The Rain Came The weather started nicely for roses this year…cool and dry with little rain. Our early bloomer roses formed buds profusely and they’re in the middle of their first round exhibition of colors and scents. Then the rain came. A nonstop deluge for a day and a half. There are still some flowers left after the rain, though not much. Hopefully there … Continue reading Roses This Spring: Rugosa
And Before the Rain Washes Them Away It’s raining again tonight, actually it has been raining on and off for the past two days. It’s just drizzle now. Luck was on my side yesterday; gave me a chance to take some photographs of fall colors before the rain washes them away. Not much left of the garden, really, just a lot of leaves on the … Continue reading Before the Curtain Closes
Petals and Wings 