I don't usually have success with roses bushes unless they are the floribunda variety like this William Morris English Rose. I went to the garden centre last Friday with a friend and we found a few great deals. The buds were tightly hidden and by the time I got the rose bush home, one of the stems had sagged over. I opened a bag of good quality earth and planted the bush next to my tomatoes. Undaunted by the broken stem, I taped it together in the tradition of grafting stems together to create a new variety. It rained quite hard most of the night and I feared the rose bush might not survive, but by morning the buds were in full bloom.
I recall watching my mother crush egg shells and mix them with banana peels and coffee grounds for her beautiful garden. Why buy expensive fertilizer when you have the ingredients in your kitchen? I saved the egg shells from our breakfast, banana peels from my smoothie and coffee grounds and dug them into the soil near the rose's roots. The next day, the broken stem was in full bloom.
Now that the spring planting is finished, I can sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labour. All I need is a good book and a beverage.
