As a long time gardener and passionate about the local Sunshine Coast Queensland environment i knowingly contribute to the local community with lovingly grown roses and flowers plus native and other bees and the native birds love the bugs around the roses, so its a win win all round. We are the only Chemical Free Certified Rose Farm in Australia which means we do not use any products or sprays tha
t can kill bees, beneficial insects, bugs, frogs or other visitors to the property and gardens. in saying that, we do not spray lime sulphur on the roses, no sprays for bugs or black spot, no herbicides or Toxic pesticides and no white oils of any type which includes pyrethrums or certified products that may kill as well. To date i havent had any problems with possums loving the pink tips on the roses and the weather has been manageable to me and the gardens so far. So many new varieties are coming on in growth plus leaves and flowers that i havent seen in bloom yet, so its a pretty exciting few months to come as the weather changes...because I love what I do out in the open air with my " flower kids" I will keep you posted on each step of my rose nursery farming day including pictures of my booms and property development. The actual property we own is 16 acres of lovely ridge top sun and the soil is amazing with a large amount of clay base due to us planting on the ridges of the property. I love my days even though my aging body often groans at the end of a day letting me know to rest well before we rise to meet the next days delights.. Always enjoy your garden and its bounty as it changes every day...
.....It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. ~Theodore Roosevelt
