Gardening with Soule

 Valentines Day is the best.
 It’s all about love and the color red.
Any day that involves the giving of chocolate can’t be anything but great. 

 Last but not least, there are flowers~ especially roses.
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~Here is the deepest secret nobody knows,
Here is the root  of the root and the bud of the bud
And the sky [...]

I have a couple of Christmas cactus blooms getting ready to open and my African violet is still showing it’s pretty pink flowers that sparkle in the light.Â
My showoffs this week though, are a dozen roses that fill my house with their beauty and color.
  A gift from my sweetie because he knows I need a [...]

             Fertrilizer Friday!Â
   Since I was carelessly laying on the beach last week, I am more than ready to join in on this week’s Fertilizer Friday.  It is amazing how behind you can get in your garden when you miss just one week.  Now that I have caught up with all the work I plan [...]

In an earlier post, I submitted 3 photos in the Gardening Gone Wild  Picture This Photo Contest. The subject was roses.  I am honored to say that one of my pictures was chosen for first place.Â
Many really great photos of roses were submitted.  Southern CA garden photojournalist Debra Lee Baldwin had the tough job of  judging the [...]

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Gardening Gone Wild is hosting their monthly photo contest.  The Subject is Roses.  Weeeeellllll,  I just love roses.Â
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   This is the rose in my garden that I think is easily one of the most beautiful roses I have ever seen~ It is a russet-colored floribunda named Hot Cocoa.Â
The texture of the petals and [...]