4 Rose Bushes and A Fruit Tree

Our goal when we went to Home Depot last week was to price cedar boards for a home project. And then we got sidetracked....

Fruit trees were being advertised in the parking lot . Sam honed in on an apricot tree even those he has a poor track record for raising fruit trees. I was on the hunt for onion sets and headed to the garden center. I did not find any onion sets but I did find rose bushes. It was the spirit of Sam's grandmother that whispered in my ear, "Go ahead. Buy one or two, you know you want to." I ended up with a pink one (Queen Elizabeth), a yellow one (Oregold), a white one (Iceburg) and a red/yellow one (Double Delight). I dropped them in one of the bright orange 5-gallon buckets that are readily available for such a purchase.

We headed to the Back Forty with the pickup loaded with 50 cedar boards, 4 rose bushes, an apricot tree and a bright orange 5-gallon bucket.

On Saturday, Kris helped me plant the rosebushes and the fruit tree with hopes that we will be rewarded with succulent fruit that will rival the Farmer's Market produce and roses that will make any florist pea-green with envy. I've already threatened Sam to leave my bright orange 5-gallon bucket alone. It has been duly christened as my "yard bucket".

Who needs a dozen roses on Valentine's Day when one can have the whole darn rosebush(es)??