Hi all. Greetings from Tennessee. It’s so good to read everyone’s gardening adventures and travails. Weather has been great here. Mild with occasional rain. Love the fall season here.
I have suffered a setback in the roses department. ( no snickering Johnny). The hubby and I spent a boatload of money to have some horrendous nasty boxwood bushes removed from the front of our house two years ago. Planted 9 gorgeous knock out roses in their place. They have just been gorgeous. Until now. About half of them are afflicted with “rose rosette” virus. Long story short-it is a virus with no cure with specimens succumbing to the disease within 1-2 years. So back to square one. Blast. Curses and foul. I’m in mourning.
The veggie garden is doing well. Bumper crop of green beans almost ready. Planted cauliflower and broccoli. Still have a few peppers. Still need to dig up the sweet potatoes. The hubs and I are getting our first freezer the next weekend. Can’t wait!
Sure enjoy hearing everyone’s stories. Happy gardening!
Good to hear from you. My roses came down with something last year during the drought, and haven’t really recovered. I have been thinking about pulling them all out, treating the soil and just planting some annuals for a while.
The rosa rugosa plantied close to the end of the septic tank field, however is going strong. I think the soil was a little wetter there last year. I didn’t even water them at all.
Good ole green beans and peppers seem to be my best consistent products. Peanuts I grew this year may be added to the list. We’ll see if they repeat the success next year.
“Curses and foul. I’m in mourning.”
I understand your mourning the roses. My rose garden filled my small garden area - we went to Tyler to get David Austin roses due to their strength again disease of all kinds. Every rose plant was a variation of the color pink - except one that wasn’t a David Austin. It was supposed to be pink with a yellow fringe - that plant insisted on producing solid yellow roses. All those expensive roses except two were killed by the heat in 2011 when it was 105-107 every day for maybe two months. I researched that and found in Arizona it’s called “scalded” plants when the sun/heat cooks the plants and kills them. You bet I was in mourning. I loved those beautiful roses.
I so like seeing pictures of your roses. Forget Johnny, he doesn’t get it with roses.