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Finally got my rosebeds cleaned out

4 years ago

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All my rosebeds are cleaned out now! Thanks to two teenage sisters, who began the task last week and finished yesterday. It was so hot last week they didn’t spend too many hours each day, but our weather is much improved, so they were able to finish yesterday. They did a fantastic job, I know it will tremendously benefit my roses, which for the most part look very healthy already. This has been something that has been difficult for me to keep up with, and I wonder sometimes why I keep growing roses, but at this point I can’t imagine not. Hopefully, they’ll be available to help me keep up with it better, they indicated they would. Now I can concentrate more on the roses themselves.

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seil zone 6b MI

4 years ago

Congrats! I know what it feels like to be behind on things. I'm still at it here. Wish I had some extra help! Kudos to your sisters!

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oursteelers 8B PNW
4 years ago
How awesome to have help and how exciting and freeing to look at a clean garden! Congratulations!
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dublinbay z6 (KS)
4 years ago
Enjoy your cleaned up garden, Sara.

That's my job this morning--tackle the weeds. It is supposed to be cooler for about a week. In fact, this morning I've been waiting for the temps to rise above the current 65 degrees!

Amazing how those weeds love the super hot weather we've been experiencing lately. And amazing how TALL weeds can grow when it is hot.

Heading for the garden now. : )

Kate
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
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Seil, I can't get the like button to work on your comment (works on others--one of Houzz's cute tricks, I guess). I wish I had extra help, too, for upcoming transplanting that needs to be done. You are so lucky, Sara Ann, to have dependable help. It makes gardening fun to concentrate on roses. Diane
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sara_ann-z6bok
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you all! I kind of lucked out. A friend on Facebook posted something about their brother and a friend wanting to earn extra $$. I called their Mom, who happens to be the lady who has taken care of my lawn for years, one good thing about small communities. Anyway ended up being her daughters instead. When they were younger they did a little bit of that type of work for me, and even then they were good workers.

Keeping up with cleaning the weeds out is the most difficult part of growing roses. Seems like all the rain we had earlier in the season has really caused the weeds to take off!
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
4 years ago
Awesome Sara Ann! congrats!

We had a rainy Spring and rainy first part of Summer and it was challenging to say the least with keeping up with all these weeds...
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
4 years ago
I'm happy for you Sara Ann. Tasks undone in the garden can feel like an unmanageable burden, and what a relief when they're taken care of. Finding dependable help can be a challenge, but every little bit helps. I think quite a few of us struggle with that, and yet the idea of giving up our gardens and roses seems unthinkable. They're one of life's necessary pleasures.
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