Archive for 'Roses'
Posted: September 24th, 2003 by
Lisa
You can tell it is fall and we are far behind on the firewood, because we went out after work again to pick at it. But we were sitting in the gazebo with a glass of wine, and started to feel guilty, so what the heck. Frank might as well use at least one tank
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Posted under Asters, Blaze, Chainsaw, Clematis, Coneflowers, Firewood, Mums, Obedient Plant, Roses, Sedum, Truck.
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Posted: September 15th, 2003 by
Lisa
I’ve been out of town for over a week, and I’ve missed my garden so much. As soon as I got home, Princess, Yoda and I went out to see how it was doing without me, and to see what’s in bloom at this point. I was out in Sacramento and San Francisco where it
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Posted under Burning Bush, Deadheading, Gardening, Marmalade, Obedient Plant, Princess, Roses, Sedum, Yoda.
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Posted: August 29th, 2003 by
Lisa
I am so sick of bugs! We are really being attacked this year by both the dreaded red lily beetle and the awful green Japanese beetle. I often go out in the evening to collect them off of the plants, but it’s a losing battle. I’m ruthless, though, and when I spot them I either
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Posted under Asters, Bearded, Bugs, Iris, Japanese beetles, Lacy Snowflake, Lily, Lily beetles, Milkweed, Mountain Ash, Planting, Princess, Roses, Wisteria.
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Posted: July 19th, 2003 by
Lisa
Our second day with the sawmill was as fun as the first. I’m assuming we won’t always be so thrilled, but for now, I’m still documenting our progress madly. One of the things I found really interesting is that in 1995, when we were clearing for the main garden, we cut down a huge oak
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Posted under Chipper, Clearing, Crazy Daisy, Japanese beetles, Mountain Ash, Roses, Sawmill, Tractor, Truck.
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Posted: July 3rd, 2003 by
Lisa
Usually, by the fourth of July, I’ve got all of my hot summer colors going strong in the garden. Despite the heat (which has been horrible), the summer colors are just now coming into their own. I used to be able to count on a burst of my ditch lilies reliably blooming right on the
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Posted under Bindweed, Chrysler Imperial, Ditch, Golden Globe, Grow lights, Hollyhocks, Lily, Madame Hardy, Roses, Soil.
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Posted: June 30th, 2003 by
Lisa
The garden is definitely in transition, from our June bursts of bloom and the start of the summer colors of yellow and gold. For some reason, I seem to have a lot of white things blooming right now, not that I’m complaining. It just means I need to buy more plants! What a hardship. Madame
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Posted under Centaurea montana Mountain Bluet, Companula, Delphinium, Foxglove, Golden Globe, Honeysuckle, Madame Hardy, Roses.
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Posted: June 27th, 2003 by
Lisa
The heat wave continues here. It got as high as the mid-90s again, which just saps my energy and keeps me from wanting to do much outside at all. The string algae in the pond suddenly appeared today, from all of the hot weather, I guess. Frank fished most of it out with the net.
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Posted under Algae, Centaurea montana Mountain Bluet, Columbine, Fish, Foxglove, Lupine, Madame Hardy, Pond, Sunny, tulips.
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Posted: May 31st, 2003 by
Lisa
Finally, a day when it’s not actually raining. Well, not very hard, anyway. There was light drizzle on and off and the sun didn’t actually come out, but we got quite a bit done out there today. The town had their annual plant swap in the morning. I took down some obedient plant, a couple
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Posted under Blackflies, Chives, Chocolate, Compost, Coneflowers, Evening Primrose, Golden Globe, Hollyhocks, Medallion, Mint, Phlox, Plant Swap, Planting, Potatoes, Roses, Splitting, Trillium, Worms, campions.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2003 by
Lisa
I got back on plan today. I wanted to start at one side of the perennial border and work my way around, instead of jumping from bed to bed and never getting any area completely finished. It’s all still a bit overwhelming when I look at how much there is still to get done, but
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Posted under Gardening, Hollyhocks, Horsetail, Roses, Splitting, Weeding, Yarrow, peony.
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Posted: March 15th, 2003 by
Frank
So I bought her some. I placed the Arena Roses order today. We ordered from them last year and were very happy. This year they are changing from being a rose dealer to selling stuff for “The Garden Lifestyle”, which I’m sure is more profitable and less work. However, the rose selection isn’t as good as last year. Nevertheless, we did find the ones below that are certainly beautiful, and supposedly hardy to zone 4. We shall see. Rosa ‘Altissimo’ Rosa ‘Bolero’ Rosa ‘Isabel Renaissance’ Rosa ‘Prince Palace’ Rosa ‘Valencia’ Rosa ‘Versailles Palace’
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