Hard Work

OMG. This weekend has been so busy for me. My body aches so much. So much that ibuprofen isn't helping. Oh well... its worth it... for the most part. lol

So I finally was able to get my roses planted this weekend. I put them against the fence line that I was planning. My honey was kind enough to help me out. I was going to border them with rocks but he suggested that he could build me a bed. And that is precisely what he did. And I LOVE it! So here are the before, in between and after pictures. :)


Then while he worked on that I got my little herb garden ready. I decided I needed to create a little walk way so I can pick my herbs from the middle and back without stepping on everything.



Oh and while we were pulling up roots and cutting down trees my honey found this disgusting thing. *gag* This thing was 4 inches long and probably an inch thick. *gag* lol He grew up collecting yucky/weird insects in a jar of alcohol so we have one at my house, and I get this lovely creature in it.


There is so much work left to do on the yard and now because of my muscles I'm wondering HOW much I'll be able to get done. Hmmmm, I think I'll get in the hot tub tonight. :)

I never promised you a rose garden

But that is what I'm getting. Yesterday, Home Depot had a great sale on roses and I bought 15 bushes. I will be taking 'before' pictures today so you can see where I'm going to be putting them. But I have an entire fence line that I will be using these roses as a privacy wall.

Not one bush was the same so I will have a variety of colors and blooms. My goal with this is to have a few bushes blooming from spring into late summer so I always have flowers to look at and some for inside.



What do the colors of roses mean? I searched online and found this...

• Red: love, used to say "I love you," but also stands for courage and respect.
• Red & White Together or White Roses with Red Edges signify unity and togetherness.
• Pink: symbolizes grace, sophistication and elegance. Also symbolizes gentle feelings of love and friendship.
• Dark Pink: Gratefulness and appreciation.
• Light Pink: Admiration, sympathy
• White: Innocence, purity, secrecy, friendship, reverence and humility.
• Yellow: Often akin to joy and deep friendship or platonic love. In German speaking countries, however, they can mean jealousy and infidelity.
• Yellow with red tips: Symbolizes a gesture of falling in love.
• Orange or Coral symbolizes enthusiasm and desire
• Burgundy: Beauty
• Blue: Mystery
• Green: Calm
• Black: used to signify death (black being the color of death) often of old habits. In a positive light it signifies rebirth after death. Also, slavish devotion (as a true black rose is impossible to produce).
• Purple: protection (paternal/maternal love)

The rose also has various supernatural and literary attributes.

• Pale Colors:convey warmth and friendship.
• A Dozen Roses: stand for "there are dozens of ways I care about you."
• Two Dozen Roses: stands for the 24 hours in a day and tells that "you think about them every hour".
• Three Dozen Roses: signify a romantic attachment unlike any other.
• Four Dozen Roses: mean unchanging and unconditional love.

(taken from Wikipedia.com)


I'm also in a search for a website that explains the different roses and when they bloom and how hardy they are. If anyone has found such a site please share! Thanks!

On another note I received about 10 berry plants from my boyfriend's mom (she is a gardening enthusiast) and I got those in the ground as well. There are raspberries and blackberries in this group. They are fast growers and produce a lot of fruit. So I'm very excited to see them take off. This is one area that I planted...

I love gardening

I'm so in love with gardening. I love getting my hands dirty in the soil. I love watering my plants and smelling the wet ground. I love watching the birds in my garden eating and drinking. I love everything about gardening.

I am now working diligently on my garden and creating it the way I want it. Here is where I'll be updating and showing off my work. What are my goals this summer for my garden?

• Create a way to catch and store rain water
• Herb garden (with parsley, dill, rosemary, chives and more)
  
• Vegetable garden (with carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, and more)
• Get some berries growing
  
• Rose garden
• Getting my fountain fixed up and started
• Creating a bird and hummingbird sanctuary
• Shade garden
• Creating a little sit down area in the middle of my garden
• Dog proofing my yard... so my Chico can't get out
  
• Doing this as inexpensive yet effective way as possible

This blog is also to try to get ideas from everyone and also help someone out if I can. I have countless books about gardening and love sitting out on my swing, sipping my coffee, watching the hummingbirds while I'm pouring over my books.

I will be posting pictures and updates, and I hope to see comments and thoughts.

Hope you enjoy what you see me create and I hope in inspires you to create a small garden yourself.