Somehow I had missed pruning one espalier apple tree. Good varieties, Gala and Honeycrisp. So I pruned it today. I completed filling in and...
Pac, I don't remember why I started making quilts. I've had sewing machines ever since my discharge from the army, 1970s, using them to make and...
I did a little in the garden. A little more smoothing and filling in of the final raised bed. We went to the farm store. I asked yesterday,...
You are very good with your hands!
That's a very creative quilt, Willow. What happened that some got scorched?
This is Darcey Bussell, another David Austin English rose. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This was its first year, and is in approx.. 20 gallon container....
Thank you Willow. You made my day!
Completed quilting and binding on scrap quilt. Then a trip to the washer (gentle, cold water, twice) and dryer (low warm setting) to fluff up the...
Richard was right about that, poor guy. Poor everyone else,too.
Pac, I agree with you. It's too bad - I think a lot of people no longer remember that. But also, I think my own sense of smell isn't what it...
The first David Austin rose that I bought, Tamora. It's been transplanted twice and still going strong. Now in the free range duck yard. She's...
Sjoerd, many years ago I read in the old magazine "Organic Gardening and Farming" that hair is a good compost additive due to nitrogen and sulfur...
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This rose is a floribunda, "Scentimental". The bush is about 15 years old, compact, trouble - free here in the duck-yard rose garden. Spicy,...
This rose came with the house. It didn't have a tag. It was almost dead, but revived and flourished with some watering. It's in a bad location,...
Pac, the Davis Austin roses website states "strong Old Rose fragrance with notes of fruity lemon, green banana, and apricot" but my sense of smell...
I thought it might be interesting to post a few rose photos. I'll try to post regularly until it's time to do some gardening outdoors. The first...
Quite some adventures, @Pacnorwest! I try to be live-and-let-live as much as I can, while still having a garden. The deer determine a lot of...
With the outdoor snow, we focused on indoors. Rufus had a spa day. [ATTACH] Clippers are ok for torso and the top of his head. For face, legs,...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Conditions not really conducive to gardening LOL
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