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Monday, June 29, 2009
Just throwing this out there....
Is it OK to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies before I actually read Pride and Prejudice? Yes please feel free to comment on the gaping hole in my public school education.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
On Inheriting Roses
Joel, Adeline and I moved into our new home almost a month ago and we LOVE it. We feel so much at home already it's hard to believe that we have actually spent so little time there. We have been back to Cleveland for 9 days so that I could work and I am back again now for the same reason. Everyone asks if there were any surprises when we moved in. (When we moved into our Cleveland home we discovered a dishwasher that was broken among other things) Both of us agree that it is better than we remembered it being. Most of that has to do with the garden.
The flower gardens are amazing. There is Lupine and foxglove, daises of every color, peonies, violets, columbines, clematis, wisteria and roses. In fact there are so many rose bushes that I tried to count them on one of our first days there and gave up when I hit 26 in the back yard. There has to be a dozen more in the front and I have found a few more hiding in the back that I know I missed on the first count. There are beautiful heirloom, climbing, and knockout roses, huge trellised hedges and small bloom covered bushes and I haven't the slightest clue what to do with them.
I've never had roses before. No I take that back. I've never been able to keep arose alive before and now I've got this instant prize collection of them. I'm so scared I'm going to kill them. This garden was obviously somebodies pride and joy I would feel horrible if I turned it all to thorny dust even if I never knew the person. I feel responsible for these flowers like someone has left their pet with me and I don't know how to care for it.....
SO.... I am seeking advice on the care and maintenance of roses from anyone who is willing to share their secrets. Especially if you've got any green or natural solutions to what to feed them and rid them of aphids.
I have some pictures I'll try to post soon but my computer here at work won't accept my memory card now so you'll have to wait but trust me they're pretty.
The flower gardens are amazing. There is Lupine and foxglove, daises of every color, peonies, violets, columbines, clematis, wisteria and roses. In fact there are so many rose bushes that I tried to count them on one of our first days there and gave up when I hit 26 in the back yard. There has to be a dozen more in the front and I have found a few more hiding in the back that I know I missed on the first count. There are beautiful heirloom, climbing, and knockout roses, huge trellised hedges and small bloom covered bushes and I haven't the slightest clue what to do with them.
I've never had roses before. No I take that back. I've never been able to keep arose alive before and now I've got this instant prize collection of them. I'm so scared I'm going to kill them. This garden was obviously somebodies pride and joy I would feel horrible if I turned it all to thorny dust even if I never knew the person. I feel responsible for these flowers like someone has left their pet with me and I don't know how to care for it.....
SO.... I am seeking advice on the care and maintenance of roses from anyone who is willing to share their secrets. Especially if you've got any green or natural solutions to what to feed them and rid them of aphids.
I have some pictures I'll try to post soon but my computer here at work won't accept my memory card now so you'll have to wait but trust me they're pretty.
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