Thursday 9 August 2007

Smell the roses

The garden is a place that you feel close to God. It is great to have an established front garden even if there isn't anything around the back. When we moved in things were a little overgrown so I did a LOT of pruning especially on the roses. Unfortunately the first crop of flowers was eaten by Japanese beetles but our second crop is yielding many flowers. Last week I cut 12 roses and yesterday another 7 with more to come. They smell awesome but don't last more than a few days once picked.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

beautiful... I can almost smell their scent!
Loved Lucy's updated blog to. Nice to see all the great photos of her out and about.

Unknown said...

might be time to have a go at some rose petal jam? I can send you a recipe. grind has some awesome cupcakes topped with rose petal jam and mascarpone. so so yum