Wednesday, 5 July 2017

A Rose By Any Name

I usually walk past the 'reduced to clear' section in shops in case anyone sees me looking and thinks I'm poor but seeing that they wasn't anyone around the sacred aisle of Home Bargains I gave it my full attention.

Dumped amongst the dented tins and old packets of hair dyes was a tatty cardboard box containing a dead twig and the withered leaves of a rose bush, I pulled it out of it's box, the roots were tightly wrapped in a black plastic bag filled with ash by the feel of it and tied with a rubber band, a very sorry specimen indeed, I was just about to ram it back into it's box in disgust when I saw a tiny white shoot growing out of it's base. I took pity on it but didn't hold much hope. I bought it for the princely sum of 25p it had been £1.49 bargain! That was two years ago and look how it's repaid me.

Gnome also from Home Bargains.

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11 comments:

  1. Inexplicable DeVice5 July 2017 at 17:07

    What a beautiful bargain! I bet it smells nice, too, doesn't it?

    P.S. Has Carmen been at the cooking sherry - there's a noticeable kink in the lawn edging.

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    1. Mitzi 6 July 2017 at 00:45

      The scent is overpowering, even more so when the sun is out. I will get Carmen to re-turf it ASAP.

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  2. LẌ5 July 2017 at 22:02

    Oh, very nice! I had no idea that Carmen had such a green thumb!

    PS: Is the squirrel also from Home Bargains?

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    1. Mitzi 6 July 2017 at 00:56

      I do all the gardening except for the mowing, the weeding and the digging.

      I can't remember where I got the squirrel from, probably left by the previous occupants.

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    2. The Mistress6 July 2017 at 21:20

      I have a similar squirrel. The real squirrels keep tipping it over.

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  3. Mitzi 7 July 2017 at 01:18

    It used to be a lovely red colour at one time but over the years the sun has bleached it grey. I take that as a sign, our native red squirrels are in decline and on the verge of extinction, the greys are taking over. The scurrying little bastards. I've even seen them scale walls, looking through people's windows, plotting.

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    1. Mitzi 7 July 2017 at 01:18

      I have squirrel paranoia.

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    2. Anonymous7 July 2017 at 20:00

      Love the reds, fast, elegant & witty. The roses in our front lawn are a bit weak, sadly the workmen did not change the soil as originally planned. Lazy basteds.

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    3. Mitzi 8 July 2017 at 18:38

      I do too and very rarely seen unlike those ubiquitous grey fuckers. If there a horse field nearby you can go out and fill a bucket with manure and tip it on the roses or failing that buy slow release plant food, they will love you for it.

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  4. Ms Scarlet8 July 2017 at 16:26

    A Gnome!!!! Crikey, your garden is tidy.... mine is trying to escape into the field next door.
    Sx

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    1. Mitzi 8 July 2017 at 18:44

      Welcome back Scarlet! I hope you're well. The gnome was 59p from Home Bargains, it's only about 4 inches, I think 4 inches is enough to have in any garden.

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