Are you ready for your first step? Well, I did it. Sure I was 15 minutes late for work but I started my day with a success. A golden nugget has been collected on my road to Oz.

The bushes are well trimmed. Wish I had taken a “before” photo, they were pretty wild. I’m told NOT to prune roses in the fall. Doing so sends them the message to create new growth. The young tender branches would not survive the winter and ….I don’t know what.

Whatever; it’s a safe bet the outcome would be bad.

Every journey begins with a single step. Mine begins this morning with the rose bushes.

I got them trimmed, retrieved my barrels from the curb, dumped the mess and put my gloves in the proper spot. Yes, a single step, I am glad you are walking with me.

The Nuts and Bolts

Early as it may be, Memorial Day Weekend crash lands in 3-days. I was a little surprised that I didn’t see any growth at all on the bushes.

The first one seemed really dead, not sure but didn’t look good. The next one proved my theory, it was far greener with a bit more life.

I will be watching how they grow…if they do…over the next 2 weeks. Meanwhile tomorrow morning I’ll get those little weeds out of there and put a little mulch in the pot…they will look much better.

Yeah, the little green you are seeing is sadly, weeds.