Last Saturday, I trimmed my Pink Simplicity rose hedge to a uniform four feet or maybe slightly less. They had been quite unruly, because I didn’t prune them at all this spring while I was trying to figure out what was causing them to abort their first wave of flowerbuds. They look nice and neat, but this ended up cutting off all the flowers. We made a large rose bouquet with the best blooms that were cut off and put it in the kitchen in a vase.

I need to give this hedge a lot of fertilizer right away so it will develop more flowerbuds before the season gets too late. I just heard on the radio today that the ski resorts are counting down now — 90 days until the usual opening day. Ouch! I’m not ready for winter yet!