That's a new leaf on one of the roses we transplanted. All of them are showing some sign of life. Amazing what a foot of rain can do!Rob got so optimistic, he dug up the rest of the plants and moved them. I wonder if new plants will spring up in the old locations.
The former owners put a new roof on the house...on all of the house but the bump out I love in the dining room.With all the rain we've been having, we sprang a leak. Luckily, our contractor was on his way over and was able to seal it off for now with a little trusty visqueen. That stuff is my new favorite thing!
On Saturday, we moved two of our phoenix rose bushes. One was a climber that had sprung up by the porch; the other, a bushy one from the middle of the yard. We thought they'd look great in front of the new fence.Oddly enough, we couldn't find a root ball for either one. The one by the porch had this gigantic tap root that led all the way back under the foundation. We had to hack it with a saw. Rob's convince he killed it. I'm holding out hope.
The bushy one, on the other hand, looks pretty damn traumatized. We'll see what happens.
The roses the previous owners dug up are still going strong. Only one bush has bloomed so far. It's in an ideal location -- plenty of sun and plenty of water from the one gutter that works.
I'm hoping the workers don't destroy it when they do the foundation, but given that it was dug up completely and somehow grew back, I'm betting it can survive a little construction.
Got home from a business trip and was greeted by a brand new fence. Woo-hoo!Rob's at the hardware store right now getting stain so we can seal this puppy today.At the farmer's market last Sunday, we ordered some climbing roses from Theodore Payne, so this is going to be looking pretty good in just a few days.
And sturdy!
Yep, that's our gate listing to the side when I try to open it.
Someone hit one of the posts when they were turning around in our driveway and it hasn't been the same since. Not that it was great to begin with, but at least it kept the dogs in the yard.
We're replacing it with a classic picket fence covered in climbing roses. For now, we're just doing the very front piece of the fence so we can get rid of the ghetto gate before it completely falls apart. Later on we'll do the sides of the front yard, but probably leave the chain link in the back.
The new gate will be motorized with a remote, but the motor won't actually work until we redo the electricity -- which is at least a couple of more months away.
When the previous owners left, they dug up all the rose bushes out of the front yard. Now some of them are growing back on their own, pretty amazing since they've gotten NO water. Of course, the first rose to appear was pretty sickly. Seems fitting.
That's a new leaf on one of the roses we transplanted. All of them are showing some sign of life. Amazing what a foot of rain can do!
The former owners put a new roof on the house...on all of the house but the bump out I love in the dining room.
On Saturday, we moved two of our phoenix rose bushes. One was a climber that had sprung up by the porch; the other, a bushy one from the middle of the yard. We thought they'd look great in front of the new fence.
The roses the previous owners dug up are still going strong. Only one bush has bloomed so far. It's in an ideal location -- plenty of sun and plenty of water from the one gutter that works.
And sturdy! 
When the previous owners left, they dug up all the rose bushes out of the front yard. Now some of them are growing back on their own, pretty amazing since they've gotten NO water. Of course, the first rose to appear was pretty sickly. Seems fitting.
