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It’s been a good year for the roses

by Snow BirdGardening June 4, 2020July 13, 202044 Comments

Every time I’ve thought that, Elvis Costello’s, Good Year for the Roses, runs on a loop in my head! Yet it has been a marvelous year for the roses. I’ve never known so many, so early, these are just a few, it must be down to the wall to wall sunshine we’ve had for the …

Of fire and flowers

by Snow BirdGardening, Uncategorized May 21, 2019May 22, 201937 Comments

Korean lilac The garden has burst into bloom and flowers and weeds are everywhere. I’m trying to work my way through the borders, but as fast as I weed one, the previous one bursts into weeds again. Clematis montana, covering a seven foot tree stump. Now that the first lush greens of spring have come …