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It is
Winter!! What shall I DO related to my Rose Hobby???
Here are some ways to productively while the next several weeks of cold winter
weather before the growing season.
Get out the old catalogs and read the new rose catalogs that you will get in
the mail soon. Check out the websites for your favorite rose vendors and Order
the roses! For the artistic you may want to plan groupings that compliment one
another. Or you may want to put roses of a similar name/theme-type together
(Veteran's Honor, World War 2 Memorial, Purple Heart, Bronze Star...). For
others the method is less focused- where a rose died or was removed in 2007,
there will go a rose for 2008 (with NEW soil taken from a different location).
Did you finish reading the CRS newsletter?
If not, be sure to do that before Other magazines are stacked on top in your
periodical filing system. Re-read the web site's Timely Tips for growing roses
in New England. Not allot there, or needed, for January, but read ahead while
there is a quiet time, and you will be indoors instead of in the garden.
Similarly, and more importantly, read up from the web site on the Other Rose
Culture topics. There are a number of articles, but since there are so many
they are grouped and on internal links. This makes those articles (and the
100's of Rose Photos) not very obvious to the casual site visitor. You may have
to dig a bit. But when not digging out boulders and rocks from the garden,
there should be time.
Select your photos for the February CRS
Calendar selection meeting. Review the rules for submission on the web calendar
page (8x10, in plastic sheeting...) and have your submissions printed in
advance.
Relatedly, there are a number of articles on our web site describing how to take
Better Rose and Garden photos. Review these articles in the winter quiet, and
be better prepared in summer!
Make sure all CRS meetings and the YD Convention are on your long-term
calendar. You DID sign up for the
Convention, yes? Buy a CRS
calendar, if you have not, so that you can
plan your weekends. You may want to
do some of your garden scheduling on the calendar, in advance, as well.
Re-read (or purchase and read) Showing Good Roses .
This book is reviewed on
www.ctrose.org
in the Books section. It is Not just about showing roses, it covers all
facets of growing roses. A must-have resource in my opinion.
And since you
can't bring in a bouquet from the garden, consider a bunch of roses from the
florist for the living room!
David W. Candler,
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