Wow, what a year it has been up here in the PNW. We have been blessed with incredibly warm weather and a few rain storms in between. I can’t believe what incredible luck we have had this year – from getting our seedlings past our goal to getting very uniqueContinue Reading
What a wonderful journey this has been. Yesterday, I went out to check on my seedlings to ensure they were properly watered, and I came across a startling discovery – I have rose buds developing on three-month-old seedlings. WHAT THE HECK?!? I was not expecting that. I am super thrilledContinue Reading
It’s been almost two months since we began this planting journey, and we have seen some gains and losses. This cold/wet snap has caused some seedlings to grow mold and die. Fortunately, we have had more gains than losses. We are currently sitting on 243 seedlings and that is withContinue Reading
We are have reached a plateau this week. After parabolic growth in successful seedlings, we have finally slowed down. I attribute this to the week of warm weather we had and now we are walking back into colder temperatures. After this week we expect to have seedlings popping up muchContinue Reading
Wow, what a week. The weather has been windy as of late. I was replanting some of our starter seedlings into larger containers and I thought my greenhouse was going to come down. The wind was gusting from multiple directions. That said, there was one big success today. I replantedContinue Reading
We now have one hundred thirty four rose sprouts!!! That said, we have lost a number to mold. One of the biggest issues is that I have been overwatering these poor seedlings. Our greenhouse can get really hot when it is sunny and it dries up the soil quickly. Recently,Continue Reading
Our local rose society (Fort Vancouver Rose Society) put on a spring clean-up for the rose gardens they tend to. Our area was at one time a swamp. Today, it is developed, but the thick clay soil remains. During the rainy season, the soil hardly drains and when you walkContinue Reading
Spring has come faster than we thought and we are racing to get our tasks done as quickly as possible. We have kept up on keeping our greenhouse air moving and warm on the long cold nights! We are finally being rewarded for all our hard work as our sproutsContinue Reading
Our local Rose Society (Fort Vancouver Rose Society) held its annual auction to raise money for its rose show. We were very excited to be a part of this auction as the money goes to a great cause and we get to add roses to our garden that were grownContinue Reading
We have finally exhausted our seed supply! In our last post, we had planted 1,770 rose seeds in our seed trays. Well, we had three bags of rose hips left in our fridge and we had to harvest them and sanitize them to begin the planting process. We are happy toContinue Reading