Hello Dear Rose Friends,
We’re making our way home from trawling the fields where our beautiful roses have been growing in South Australia. They’re now ready to be dug, such an exciting time for all of us!
REMINDER: Bare-rooted rose orders will start to be posted late May. They’re posted in chronological order which means the earlier you order, the sooner your roses will be despatched.
STANDARD ROSES are usually dug later in the season so all orders containing standards will be posted from mid-July onwards. WEEPING ROSES can only be collected here at Silkies Rose Farm or you can organise your own courier.
When adding to your existing order, it would be most helpful to add your order number or date of order in the email – thank you!
Giggle this week:
Woman: “I’d like a drinking bowl for my dog, please.”
Shop owner: “Would you like one with the inscription ‘For My Dog’?”
Woman: “It doesn’t really matter. My husband doesn’t drink water and my dog can’t read!”
In order to retain as much healthy foliage on the roses, since we’ve already had our first significant frosts, I did a trial and watered over two rows of pots with Eco-seaweed mixed with Eco-aminogro every 4 days during the past two weeks.
The results are no less than amazing! Extremely impressive is the development of new foliage which, naturally, is very, very healthy. Of course, because there is so much healthy foliage, the plants have an opportunity to continue producing lovely flowers too!
I know I harp on and on about regular applications of Eco-seaweed solution but adding the fertilizer (fish-based Eco-aminogro) has been very rewarding.
Lovely warm autumn sunshine to keep the roses growing has definitely been an advantage but I know if you live in a milder climate than us, you’ll extend flowering your roses well into winter with fertilizer and seaweed solution.
Another giggle for the week:
Q. What kind of coat is best put on when wet?
A. A coat of paint.
With just one more month of autumn this year, it’s time to jump in the car and drive through our beautiful State. Stop off in a leafy town, let the kids bury themselves whilst helping fill bags of felled autumn leaves to add to your compost heap or directly as mulch on your garden!
This picture was taken out front of the rose nursery/cafe at Kilmore 10 years ago … Our Grandson, Logan was four years old – such happy memories …
Have a lovely week in your garden … Gra, Diana, Mooi and the chickens!