Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Wallop the Cat


Wallop forgets he's an indoor cat. He wanted to come outside and help me paint.

Monday, 21 May 2012

Last Roses



Every day I wonder if this is going to be the day the new owner rips out all my plants. Here are the most recent photos of the roses.

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Conejo Shoot

Guy Taylor wins first place in the self bow category.

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Death of a Rose

The new owner just ripped out the rose bush I planted to honor a vet from TX. Yesterday I cut off all the flowers thinking this might happen. So here they are, the last of them. Poor rose, all it did was bloom it's head off and create happiness.






Monday, 30 April 2012

The Banana and the Rose

Once I read on the Internet that if your roses have aphids, you could get rid of them by putting a banana peel at the base of the plant. It seemed silly but it worked for me. I've had many happy aphid free roses since I started doing that.