Michigan Gardening: Where's everyone, 1 by Cottage_Rose

Cottage_Rose wrote:
Hi Dori! :o)
Glad you enjoyed the geese. I wish I had gotten them sooner in life but I always heard geese were mean. Well some are but this breed is so sweet and personable...like puppy-dogs following you around. My favorite girl likes to weed with me. She mutters and mum-murs to me and wants me to hand feed her weeds I pull out. They really are a joy to have around and make mighty fine lawn ornaments.

Ummm, I was a real good girl and only purchased 7 roses last year and 8 via the DG rose co-op. Since 2000 I probably average around15 -20 roses a year, many of which were impulse buys and ended up getting pitched because they were too tender for my rural setting. I'm doing better the last 2 years sticking with with the hardier OGR's and Rugosas but I did buy 4 Bucks roses which can be iffy. I have a weakness for the Buck roses with the strippling.

I ~always~ buy plants I have no planned out spot for and I refuse ro dig up more sod.
Its hard enough keeping up with what I have.
I seem to have more container gardens the last few years out of desperation. LOL
We have quack grass that is a pain in the butt to stay on top of. Anyway I buy stuff and just pop it in the ground where ever...no rhyme or reason around here. Some people call it a "cottage" style garden but really it is just an un-organized garden. ;o)

Buck rose "Freckles"