The Good Life

Well, my roses have sprouted up amazingly and the blooms that developed were more beautiful than I imagined they would be. Sadly, upon my arrival back home the blooms that were so beautiful were wilting and dying. They had lived their span and it was time to make way for the new buds to grow [...]

I’m still tracking and posting the progress on my first attempt at growing roses!! These pictures were actually taken on 6/8/09, which was still in week 6 and only 3 days after my last posted pics. You can see how fast they are blooming as evident in that all the roses are open with the [...]

My rose trees have been doing great since we sprayed them to protect them from the bugs. The vibrantly colored petals had been peeking out and teasing me as can be seen in the pics below.
Pics taken on Friday, June 5 (WEEK 6)

Well, my wait has been well worth it. They finally bloomed. I am [...]

Maybe some of you have been following the article showing the progress of the Cottage Farms Rose Trees that my wife ordered from QVC a little over a month ago. Since planting, the growth progress has been rapid but two days ago, we ran into a pitfall.
While watering them, we noticed some transparent white “spots” [...]

I’ve always loved and admired roses…from afar…since I’ve never been successful in growing anything but weeds!
Even when I was younger and my parents bought me a chia pet that was in the shape of a dog, which was supposed to be full proof, I was unsuccessful. My chia dog looked as though it had the [...]