Hello all,
Today I found some buds on Dublin Bay that were caught in our extreme freeze last week. They are a deep red now, kind of like Barcarolle. Temps the last few days have been in the sixties, excellent planting weather. We will get one more of those days, then back to freezing.
The Pickering rose order arrived today. Hopefully I'll have time tomorrow to do something with them! They told me they would send an email with tracking, but they didn't. The order was supposed to go out November 19.
Palatine, on the other hand, sent a tracking email and the roses arrived 3 days later. So, "Gramic" is Palatine.
The Palatine roses look wonderful, great long roots, good strong canes.
Thank you for all your words of support both for the rose order and all the difficulties we've had this year. My hard working massage therapist beat me up for almost 2 hours today, and gave me orders to do nothing but yoga for the next week.
Hmmm. I didn't tell her about the rose order. My whole body had serious pain ever since I drove back from Colorado, so i was blaming my out of shape body and the rock climbing. The therapist said my overall pain was stress and extremely tight muscles. She said "what the heck has happened to you? You are the biggest train wreck I've ever seen!" and I had to laugh because I didn't know where to begin.
So I'm going to plant my roses and look forward to next year, because that's what's so great about gardening. You get to rest, make new plans, and look forward to next year. I'm going to meditate, and stretch those muscles, get back on my paleo diet. After clearing out 2 parents' houses in the past year, I've decided I need to purge my own house and yard so my kids never have to do this. The stuff really weighs you down! We've been hauling van loads to Goodwill and Habitat for Humanity. Next spring I need to have a big plant sale or maybe host a swap and give it all away!
I've decided if I don't really love it, it has to go! Luckily the husband, kids and dogs get to stay. They're "safe".
