Pruning roses

It was pretty nice today, though just a tad chilly.  We are spraying our summer fallow with roundup as an aid to tillage.  This process delays our cultivation operation by about a month.

My job is to haul the water to the sprayer.  I have quite a bit of time between loads so I worked on pruning roses today.  I made good progress but there's still quite a few to do....

As you can see, I try to get as many pruned canes in the wheel barrow as possible!  If I drive slow to the compost pile, I don't loose too many!

The wheel barrow, fully loaded!

I got side tracked by some of the blooming plants/shrubs in the yard and stopped to take a few photos.

Daffodils and bleeding heart.

More bleeding heart. 

I really love this plant.  I have a few scattered around the yard.  

More daffodils and bleeding heart growing among the old wagon hitch.

This is a new shrub to my yard.  It's called Quince.  

Here's a close up of the flower.  I love that it is a bright red/orange color!

The girls were out flying like mad today.  Finally they are finding something that is blooming!

The girls were out in force today.  So thirsty....

The weeping cherry tree is blooming happily.

Busy bee, so happy to find a flower!

Of course Baxter and Leo are a big help in the yard.  Here they are playing!

Baxter is just waiting for Leo to make a move!

And he did!  And Baxter jumped!!

Tomorrow is supposed to be windy again, so most likely there won't be any spraying happening, which is fine.  There's always something else to do.

And, speaking of beautiful flowers, I received an email this morning from Paula Robison, alerting me to this article in the Boston Globe! Beautiful flowers and a beautiful flute player.  Here's the link......


http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/04/01/rite-spring-gardner-museum-nasturtiums/jmgSEzaHhH22mB6hsfpf6J/story.html