This morning dawned yet another gorgeous, sunny day and I decided to delay no longer on replacing the dead rose bush in the back yard. It seems that in California, yards suffer from summer loss in much the same way we in Minnesota suffer from winter loss. My search for a replacement plant began at the Floral Native Nursery, just a short bike ride from 20 Nicole Lane (our house). Since I was the only customer, I got extensive information about the trees and bushes I have been admiring in Bidwell Park and on the bike paths, as well as information about hikes and trips up into Lassen Volcanic National Park. I love how pursuing one task brought me directly to information about another thing on my activities list.
Floral Native Nursery will certainly be the purveyor of loads of information about our yard and garden, but it will not be providing us with plants like hybrid tea roses. So, after consulting my now tattered Chico map, I was back on the bike headed for Marigold Garden Center, Chico's equivalent to the Linder's in St. Paul, where I continued my education about gardening in California. As it happens, the garden centers have limited hours in the summertime because it is too hot for people to garden (or even to be outside, as the clerk explained). The extended hours begin tomorrow, which also seems to be the beginning of gardening season. Huge sales begin tomorrow, including ridiculously cheap rose bushes. The clerk (Courtney....I'll be getting to know her better, I'm sure) helped me pick out a rose bush, gave it to me for the sale price early, and pruned it for my later pick up by car. Pretty sweet deal, all around!
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| New plant and new garden tools! |
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| Another rose in our yard...more of a vine rose. |
Here are some other pictures of our back yard. I have lots to learn about the plants and their needs.
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| Imagine yourself sitting at our patio table....hint! hint! |
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| One of the plants I can't identify |
I'll leave you with one last visual tonight....the barbed wire at the top of the back fence. Can you see why I want to experience it from the other side?
Hi! I'm finally here and reading your blog! Yay! Guess what? Today it snowed in Minnesota! Only two days after your funny conversation in the grocery store- how weird. It didn't snow here in St. Paul but it was COLD! and very windy.
ReplyDeleteHow was yoga? You can totally tie a strap on your yoga mat and wear it cross-ways across your back when you bike- I've done it before. My yoga mat came with a strappy thing, but you could tie it on with something, I think :)
Fun! Keep writing and I'll keep reading!
bye!
Thanks, Jamie! I knew you would get here eventually since you have birth-write status. I just made that up, but you know what I mean--You named the site! I got some velco strips to wrap my yoga mat in and so I do bike with it on my back. Works slick! I am doing Gentle Yoga, which is very relaxing. Perfect for now, but may need to bump up my level later this fall. And, yes, I will keep writing and working to improve my technology skills. So fun to be a learner again! ttfn
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