You got that right! A few successes and THEN add the enablers and watch out dl addiction! I was into roses when I lived in a climate where they were easy to grow. Now I still love them but have scaled way back to a few that will perform OK without pampering. I'm sticking mostly to hardy vintage & OGR this time around because I most love the quartered look & strong fragrance. I hate to grow anything that I have to pamper. Don't want to spray every few weeks or lift them out of the ground before frost or other such mucking around in order to keep them alive & looking decent. If I give them good soil, plenty of water, a little fertizer once in awhile- well I want blooms for my trouble. That's not too much to ask and daylilies don't really ask for any more. Iris too for that matter, though I wish they bloomed longer.

Looks beautiful and very well though out...taller plants in the back and low maintenance but beneficial marigold and nasturtium flowers in the middle where it will be more difficult to reach. Love it....great job. May you eat well from it. Rachel My Blog: GrafixMuse's Garden Spot

Hello everyone, i have been so busy have not had time to write. I finally finished the second bed,and spent the weekend looking for different types of compost. I only found three,all the rest are basically the same in Florida at least around here. I did find one Blueberry bush ,YEAH ,seems healthy... I changed the soil and transplanted to a bigger pot I have it in the morning sun and afternoon shade we will see. I planted some watermelon in 2 of the block cells as an experiment they are growing quick and seem happy.. I planted some tomatoes in containers and have them next to the blueberries.I also planted an herb garden in 2 containers i had for awhile they contain, Rosemary,basil,parsley,thyme,oregano,also some spearmint and peppermint. Within 2 days the Bugs have located and began thier attack,whiteflies and mites i belive..... i have been holding them off with palmolive and water. A friend told me ivory soap 2 tblespoons mixed in 1 quart warm water or liquid castile soap same mix,works well I'll try it.... I have to get the soil in the beds this weekend and finish mulching around the beds...I kickin around with idea of micro sprinkler sytem on a timer.They are fairly inexpensive and would work well with my goofy schedule. I have not recieved my worms yet but the compost pile seems to be doing well.Guess i'll have to call uncle Jim's and see what the delay is.. Almost forgot i ordered my muscadine grapes they will be here in Oct,along time to wait but i need to prepare the soil anyway so it worrks out well.. Glad i got the time to share and be part of your gardens Good luck to all and Happy Gardening...

Ooooh - remember those life safer booklets? We used to get them every year in our stocking for christmas. It had assorted rolls, and wild cherry, butter rum, mandarine orange, I know there were more. We LOVED those things. Saw them a couple of years ago and wanted to get one for DD's stocking - and there were FOUR rolls in there, all assorted. What the heck?? We used to crunch the mint ones in the dark trying to make sparks ROFL! Dances.