From Eula's Kitchen Window

Well, are you folks getting excited about the new beautiful red growth we are getting on the freshly pruned roses?  I love that color.  Now, that the roses have leafed out it is time to be adding mulch.  No doubt we will be having blooms before long, there are a couple of rose bushes in my garden at this time that have a few bloom,  don't know what their hurry is, the weather is still quite cool.  I like to hold on the fertilizer until we get some milder weather, but however you folks want to do, OK. 

Our climbers, Lace Cascade, we have on the bamboo fence are so pretty with their shiny green foliage.  When those roses bloom  they can remind one of mounds of snow.  Those roses bloom continually through the summer, not as heavily as they will for the first bloom cycle, but one can have blooms most of the time.

My little birds are still having their daily meals from the roses along the driveway.  We have some little wrens around at this time, which we have never had before.  I hope they stay, they are a little chatty bird and so quick in movement.

At this time begin thinking about the Riverside Community Flower Show coming up.  Remember we can enter other plant material besides roses but there should be a good showing of roses again this year.  I am hoping to see all of you exhibiting roses    or other flowers this year.  Remember it is important to have that name on the rose and the variety it is.  Also, on any other plant material, if their is a name of that plant be sure to add it to the exhibiting tag, along with your name and phone number.  We will have several of our Rose Society Members working at the time of entries, so ask questions and you will get the help you need.

What is cooking in the oven at this time?  Hot, granny smith, apple pie.  Boy, does that smell good when you walk into the kitchen.

See you all at the April meeting.  I'll be asking for some help with the flower show.