tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4895961003951405472026-03-30T14:17:21.162-04:00This blog is for sharing things in the gardens at Hartwood Roses, rose subjects in general, old houses and renovation, refinishing and building projects, and whatever else I'm doing at the moment.Connie in Hartwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127877285792861166noreply@blogger.comBlogger124216tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489596100395140547.post-22024441736302205832018-06-24T13:16:00.000-04:002018-08-20T16:40:47.611-04:00

During my spring Open Garden on Memorial Day, one of the guests found a bird nest tucked into the top of 'Firefall', a miniature climbing rose. At the time, the nest had one egg in it.  A couple of days later, I remembered to grab my phone and photograph it.  By then, it contained three eggs.  The parents added a fourth egg the next day. Two weeks later, there were four

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Remember in the 80's and early 90's, when country crafts were king?  Shades of Wedgwood blue, mauve, seafoam green, and rusty red reigned in the design world.  Stenciling or wallpaper, flowery chintz upholstery, with ruffly curtains at the windows, completed the look.   During this time, my husband was starting his own business.  Money was tight.  We were fine

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Last week, I was at a loss about what to do with my malfunctioning Nikon D70.  I talked to a photographer friend about it, and he offered a most profound observation.   He said, "It's going to be hundreds of dollars to repair your D70 ... used ones are about $75 online." Why didn't I think of that??? I surfed around online, looking at used D70s, but hesitated.  Something

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Open Garden Day this year will be on Memorial Day, May 28, 2018, from 10am till 3pm.   As you can see from the above image, it was originally scheduled for this coming Sunday.  We have had rain every day so far this week ... the ground is saturated, the garden is a bog, the roses are soggy and sad, footing is treacherous and parking in our field will be impossible.  

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This Saturday, May 19, the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants, at Tufton Farm in Charlottesville, Virginia, will hold its annual Wine and Roses Open House.  I was there for most of the day yesterday, consulting with staff, evaluating the roses in the garden, and helping to prepare for this weekend's event.   Most of my time was spent organizing the roses in the nursery

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My trusty, ancient Nikon D70 is acting up.  I use it a lot during rose season to take photos of the garden in bloom.  The camera in my iPhone 8+ takes good photos, but the Nikon is better at capturing accurate, large, close-up images.  I really hope that this problem is something that can be easily sorted out. Here are the facts: In order to get the photo files from my

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