I very much like Roses not just for their beauty but the length of the growing season which can be almost ten months long here. Years ago I used to make a delicious wine from their petals which had a gentle fragrance and tasted like a liquid turkish delight.
Thanks, Gwen, it is ever so lovely everywhere there! I have been keeping a wild rose in a pot beneath my kitchen window for a long time now -- mostly because I haven't gotten this particular one into the ground, but also because I'd miss the woodsy scent and hearing the hum of the bees so up close and personal as I sit or stand at the windows. If it were up to me, I'd spread them everywhere again! Imagine? Wild rose honey? I do, but yet to keep my own bees... I guess I'd rather just be imagining it! LOL
Thanks for giving me the tip I ought to be visiting your blog this AM... ;-)
Oh, Gwen, how lovely, to have these all around you! I've never had any luck with roses myself, though my dad had over 200 roses bushes when I was growing up. Glorious!
Your roses are gorgeous! The fragrance must be wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful and like Linda says the fragrance must be heady.
ReplyDeleteI very much like Roses not just for their beauty but the length of the growing season which can be almost ten months long here. Years ago I used to make a delicious wine from their petals which had a gentle fragrance and tasted like a liquid turkish delight.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, Maya and Mel, these days are a delight! rose petal wine... now that is something worth trying!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an absolutely beautiful place, Gwen!
ReplyDeleteThank you, George, I am crazy about these plants...they certainly do satisfy the senses George.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent!
ReplyDeletewow Gwen - it looks so beautiful there! I'm behind here and now I have to see if you have posted photos of the other place u are working on.
ReplyDeleteSandy, Thanks for stopping to smell the roses. We are still working on the old homestead project. I'll hopefully be posting about it soon
ReplyDeleteNicola, much appreciated!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. I wish I was a gardener.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gwen, it is ever so lovely everywhere there! I have been keeping a wild rose in a pot beneath my kitchen window for a long time now -- mostly because I haven't gotten this particular one into the ground, but also because I'd miss the woodsy scent and hearing the hum of the bees so up close and personal as I sit or stand at the windows. If it were up to me, I'd spread them everywhere again! Imagine? Wild rose honey? I do, but yet to keep my own bees... I guess I'd rather just be imagining it! LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks for giving me the tip I ought to be visiting your blog this AM... ;-)
Wildside, the rosa rugosa variety are so hardy and easy care. They are like a gift. Thank you for visiting the bluff.
ReplyDeleteAlso very tasty! (The hips...)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous! Greetings from Montreal, Canada. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI think I am suffering from De Javue ?
ReplyDeleteNo I'm not,
This is the same blog post as before tell me I'm wrong Gwen :-)
We'll have to do something about that very soon Mel!!
ReplyDeleteTotally magnificent, Gwen! Such a nice relief from all the depressing political news.
ReplyDeleteOh, Gwen, how lovely, to have these all around you! I've never had any luck with roses myself, though my dad had over 200 roses bushes when I was growing up. Glorious!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pictures.
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