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New roses are growing

I truly love roses and am trying so hard to make them grow and survive our mountain farm. In the spring I found a wonderful buy at Breck’s for five roses for $19.99 and they were bare root roses. When they arrived they were already showing lots of new growth but I was afraid to plant them because we were still getting freezing temps day and night several days in a row. Finally in early May, hubby helped me dig the holes and we put them in the ground with two tablespoons of epsom salts and lots of water.

I watered them every day May through mid-June and we started getting some rain. Now I water them thoroughly once or twice a week depending on the rain. They are doing quite well and all but one has bloomed and it’s still sprouting new growth. I’m watching it carefully and giving it lots of love! Here’s proof of the blooming:

Now, I started this post in June and here it is the 8th of August and (more about that later) here’s what my beautiful roses have done all summer:

I’m dealing with some japanese beetles and some black spot which seems to be worse with all the rain we’re getting but I’m thrilled I’ve kept them alive, they’re blooming and so beautiful. I just have to keep them through the winter. New post coming with the rest of the flowers flourishing this summer!!

Green thumb extended to winter

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I love things that grow and gardening. Winter is a slow time for gardening but you couldn’t tell by looking at my back porch which is enclosed. I wonderful husband built me some shelving a few years back to accomodate my Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus assortment. The upper shelving holds about twenty beauties and the lower shelves hold our veterinary supplies for the cattle and other gardening supplies. I want to show you the beauties on the upper shelving that started blooming Halloween week and are still blooming today. Enjoy!!

New cactus from my daughter that will have yellow blooms.

White bloom

A lot of them look alike but each one has a subtle difference. I’m looking for a orange and my daughter bought me three yellow cactus for Thanksgiving. They need little care and are only watered about once a month. Watering anymore than that will cause them to rot right before your eyes. The porch is very cool now but it hasn’t stopped these beauties from strutting their stuff. I used to have to carry all of them upstairs in the wintertime but right before the shelving was done, hubby pulled up the flooring, replaced plumbing, flooring, insulation, put in new windows and insulated the walls and put up paneling. It stays cool in the summer because of the maple trees surrounding the house and in the winter the sun (when it shines) keeps the plants happy and the room warm.

If you want a beautiful plant with little care, this is the way to go!!