Pacific Northwest Gardening: Hey All, 1 by LynnPhillips

LynnPhillips wrote:
Hello everyone,
Tills, your propane tank story cracked me up. I am not that creative. Are those pictures of your kitty?
Portland1, your Aga and kitchen are beautiful. You must be a great cook. I nuke Costco food.
Linda and Pixydish, We should get together as we are not that far from each other. Linda, you are so organized with your seedlings. I planted some seeds, and took cuttings, thought I would remember, and now I don't what is what. Pixydish, your flowers are so pretty, and you are such a good photographer. I would love to see your greenhouse and get some ideas.
Galega, that picture of yours is so colorful. It looks professional also.
I feel bad, I wanted to address everyone who welcomed me, but I will have to do it another time. We had a Costco hotdog for dinner tonight, and it is now haunting me.
Hostajim, if you or any one else needs some help, let me know. If I can make it over, I would be glad to give you a hand. I am not working right now. I am 56 years young, so there is still a lot of work I can do. Just don't put me on your riding mower, I hit things with ours!

These are a few of the rose bushes we transplanted last January. It was freezing cold, we dug up 20 rose bushes, brought them home, the ground was frozen a good 10 inches deep. The poor bushes just kept looking worse and worse. I trimmed them a couple of times, ended up cutting them almost to the ground, and then just as I had given up on them (end of June) Voila - all but one had a little tiny green speck of life. Only one died, and all of them grew & bloomed (they are still blooming). Even the deer left them alone (they went for the hybrid teas, instead).