So out I went on this beautiful warm summer like day with my walker and folding chair and hobbled around for a couple hours. I found a lot of canes with canker that needed to be taken off and noticed a lot of problems like the incursions of Virginia creeper and wisteria that would like to overgrow and shade everything in the beds along the garden fence. The pond also needs a lot of work including new plants and fish. Last year a heron ate all my fish. This is all maintenance that I wont be able to think about doing for at least three months. Soon it will be all I can do just to keep up with the deadheading.

This coming Wednesday I have my third surgery followed I'm told by three more months of recuperation before I'm back to normal. I will however be up and about a lot more in just 4-6 weeks. Meanwhile, the next six weeks are the very best for us rose growers. This is what makes it all worth it. In a normal year I would be out there as much as possible including at night under the lights. It's going to be a little more difficult this year but I still can't wait.

Henry

I understand what you mean It is still difficult for me to walk without assistance---

It has been one thing after the other for the past 10 years--
About your pond---My nephew secured some kind of string which he crisscrossed on his pond to keep out the predators--
It is difficult not to do all the things you enjoy in your garden----Hope this surgery is a success and you will be running marathons next year.
Enjoy the sun and your roses and good luck

Florence