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Rose Fertilizer – Rose Magazine

BySteve March 9, 2006March 9, 2006

This article has a formula for organic rose fertilizer. It looks worth investigating.

Early June rainbow

BySteve July 7, 2008July 7, 2008

I’m catching up on some cool photos from the past month. This was a nice rainbow in early June, when we were having quite a bit of rain storms. It also shows the cool playhouse/swingset I built for the kids. It was a kit from Toys R Us. Man, that thing was a lot of…

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Snow!

BySteve October 13, 2008October 14, 2008

Winter rushed in this weekend like a dandelion going to seed. OK, maybe that’s a silly simile. But it did come really fast! My remote thermometer said it got down to 26° on Sunday morning, and it’s been at or below 30° each morning for the past three days. We had some snow on Sunday…

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The banana saga: bummer of an update

BySteve February 11, 2021February 11, 2021

You may have noticed my ongoing banana saga, with my recent update about how a flower started to appear on Christmas day. Sadly, it did not survive. And it wasn’t the freeze that killed it! On January 25th, we had a freeze that got down to about 30 degrees. I placed two radiant heaters under…

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Fourth of July color

BySteve July 9, 2007July 10, 2007

I’m really enjoying these Ruby Meidiland roses — they seem brighter and heavier blooming this year than they’ve ever been. Maybe it’s the lingering effects of the horse manure I fed them two years ago? Anyway, aren’t they a perfect Fourth of July rose? This photo was taken on the Fourth of July, and they…

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Fertilized flowers and roses

BySteve May 30, 2006May 31, 2006

Today, I sprayed Vigoro “Bloom Booster” fertilizer on the roses with the hose sprayer. Also did the back flowerbeds, the Hibiscus bushes (south and north), and some of the front flowerbeds, along with the Clematises. I also sprayed the privet bushes, burning bushes, the strawberries, and a little on the flowering cherries, raspberries, and butterfly…

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Goodbye to the girls of summer

BySteve September 27, 2014March 5, 2015

We’re experiencing our first major storm of fall this weekend. No snow is falling here at our Utah home, but I can see fleeting views of Lone Peak and Box Elder Peak through the clouds, each with a little crown of white at the very top. Soon, it will freeze down here, too, and we’ll…

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