Where is everybody?

Wow, is this forum quiet this week! It seems everybody in the southern hemisphere has hibernated for the winter, or flown north!
If it wan't for Bemo and Alee posting photos of their beautiful roses now flowering on the other side of the world, nobody would be talking about anything.
I'll tell you about what I have been doing: pruning.
Exciting, isn't it.

hi Billndee
pruning all done here I dont get on much ,sorry ,just saw your post so thought I would say hi

I will be posting some rose photos soon
anyway off again have a good night

Hi Billndee i just looked in too.

Today i planted seedlings in vegie garden, dug up the last of the potatoes...some of which had started growing again......and tried to dig weeds, but the soil is soooo sticky and heavy that I just heaved the weeds onto their backs, to see if the next rain washes it off for me. Lazy abbi

Cold, windy. bare root roses are in, no flowers, pruned or not pruned, wet soils, staying inside, just looking, rain, frost, I think I have covered why we do not post much in winter other than reporting the newly planted bare roots. OK, lets pick a subject and just talk, Lets make the topic " Wish List" the five roses that you would die for.

I'm still away... my Dad is in hosptial after an operation to remove a bowel cancer... so I've been up here all week seeing him and helping out. I fly home tomorrow evening. Dad seems to be making a slow recovery... but it will be a long journey.

I am sorry to hear that Simon. i bet it has been a worrying time for you and your family. I hope your dad makes a full recovery.
btw, you keep up all the good vegies and unrefined food. That will hold you in good stead against the same thing. (sorry, this is a grannie thing)

My 5 roses would have to be Charlotte, Sidonie, Empress Josephine,Zephirine Drouhin and Louise Odier. It is so hard to wittle it down to 5, but these are 5 that I have not got and would love to get.

Trying to stay warm and dry. We've had 2 inches of rain since 9 am - and that's just today - yesterday was worse. This is 'occasional showers' - I'll go for my weather forecasting methods any day. Roses all look fast asleep except The Fairy . I've nearly finished another quilt. Heading for Hobart on Thursday Monday next week until Monday but I don't expect anyone to come out in this weather. We're staying at the Fountainside so as not to disrupt Amy and Kim and the houseful of kiddies. Got the suite for $99 a night so even if its crappy weather we'll have a veggie place. Hoping to visit a few nurseries. Keep well all.

ps - I'll be doing a rose quilt next.

Me, busy with rose prunings, have alterations to the house, my forums, facebooks and ebay Should finish of all the roses out the front this w/e then the back in 2 weeks, having a week of work, fun hey NOT

Feel like catching up with anybody while you are in Hobart Blossom? That is if you can fit it in. Maybe some could even do a nursery trawl with you?

what are your dates, Blossom?

We are tied up with mainland visitors for a few days, but maybe they don't co-incide?

A catch-up would be nice.

I just checked as bob is packing the car. We are leaving now. I'll give you a call Dee - we'll be there until Monday morning, so Sunday would be lovely to catch up. If we don;t make it this time Abbi, we wil be back....must run.................

I think we should invite more members from Europe and from other parts of the world to have "reciprocal friendship" like Bemo said. That way we'll have discussions going on through out the year and we'll have a lot of pictures.

I think this is the rose-growers' hibernation time. I've pruned all mine, a bit earlier this year. I had to wait too long for flowers last year! It cheers me up to see new leaves appearing already but hope no more frosts happen.
I bought a new rose yesterday - a Delbard - Bordure Nacre. It looks very pretty, has anyone grown this one ? I'm still waiting for my ordered roses to arrive, should be next week

I agree with you Alee, and since we seem to have every climate in Australia we would have something in common with someone ( I hope that makes sence) So welcome anyone around the world

Alee wrote:I think we should invite more members from Europe and from other parts of the world to have "reciprocal friendship" like Bemo said. ........

the honour deserves to David, who has created this turn of speech

cheers Bernhard

I see... I like that word.

Hi everyone we have finally got the power put on today so I can stay on the computer to my heart's content from here on. I have written this message about four times now and for some reason I keep loosing it when I hit a key too hard or one I shouldn't be going near. Will have to find out what is wrong.

I have planted out some own root roses, my own as well as ones I got sent from Hedgerow. My next roses to plant will be from Thomas roses.
Yesterday I planted a double laned hedge with 20 plants that I broke up from one clump of Rosamundi I had to move. I got it mixed up when I re planted it a few years ago, it was a own root I grew from a cutting.

rosemeadow wrote:Hi everyone we have finally got the power put on today so I can stay on the computer to my heart's content from here on. .

Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
At last you are back on line again!
The forum has been sadly lacking without you Rosemeadow,
Welcome back!

Thankyou Billndee, you have brought tears almost to my eyes. What a welcome back. Thankyou !!!
I would have been here earlier tonight but I was writting a email to a new roserian friend in Western Australia that has helped me. Then I went through my garden photos and picked a heap to email her. I made a copy , would you like me to sent them to you too ?
If I go to bed now I might get a bit of sleep to see me through the day. Oh it was worth it see what beauty my garden had, haven't had that for so long now and you forget how truely beautiful the roses are in Spring and early Summer. I am getting so excitted looking forward to that comming again.
But first I have got lots of new rose planting to do which I will know I am going to enjoy too ! Then again I might curse myself for being so stupid.

Good news, Rosemeadow!!
I'm planting new roses too, in pots. Like you and many others I'm getting excited about Spring

Nice to see you back Karen. I bet you have got a lot done with your time and have got to bed a lot earlier without the computer taking up all your time.

Hi Orchid40 ! What roses have you been potting up ?
Hi Carol, instead I was doing rose orders for some of that time, but yes getting to bed earlier. As the weather warms up and if I am still planting roses I will be ale to have a spot light out onto my garden, or for any work I want to do on the garden after dusk.
I think I have a Zephirine Drouhin for you.

I would love to see your photos Karen. CErtainly send them to me. But better still put them on the forum because I bet a lot of other people would like to see them too.