Bloom

• April 2014

  Location is Forestville CA. in the middle of the RRV. I am about 12 minutes from Charles Shulz Sonoma County Airport (STS). You can fly direct to STS from SEA, PDX , SAN and LAX for a price or Airport Express runs busses from SFO and OAK to STS. The bus runs every hour on the 1/2 hour from OAK and SFO. The ride to STS is 2hr 15min. $34 per adult... Read More

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• March 2014

  After a brief introduction to the the state of Washington this past Monday I ... it’s also earlier to bloom and ripen than the Cold Creek vineyard, producing a more elegant style of wine. Cold Creek on the other hand has a richer soil with a thick layer of clay over the basaltic bedrock and more warmth that accumulates over the growing season ... Read More

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• June 2013

  Oh there are thousands of microclimates in CA.  It's mountainous, ... ... upright and have a single bloom per stem, so people like them for floral arrangements, but they tend to be bad garden plants just like the Austin roses. The worst of all IMHO, is the rose called "Peace", which was strategically named at the end of WW2 and at the peace co... Read More

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• May 2013

  The stripes are in fact caused by a virus. The first rose I ever saw that was ... ... in that first, they re-bloomed and nobody had seen that before. Until then, roses were kind of like azaleas. They also had that unfolding star shape and long, elegant buds that nobody had seen, and they were tender and died in the French winters, which just ... Read More

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• May 2013

  I don't know why but I am too. I don't mind pulling weeds for some ... ... ... It's white but each bloom will have a single petal that has a red stripe for some reason. This isn't even supposed to grow in my area, it's an old Noisette:And across from that I have another tea that's not supposed to grow here but it's so big that I have a cardin... Read More

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• May 2013

  Cripes! Now animal stories.We don't have much wildlife here in Brooklyn, ... hind legs and knocked the bloom right off with his front feet. It was almost like watching a boxer work out on a speed bag."WTF!" I exclaimed to myself as I opened the door and threw a brick at him. That was his sole reason for stopping by that morning. He seems to ha... Read More

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• May 2013

  Interesting, it seems that the skunks and opossums of Diamond Bar have a mutual ... This is probably the last bloom of the season for us. &nbs Read More

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• May 2013

  Emark, that is hilarious.  Turns out we are allergic to many varieties of ... ... organs as soon as they bloom.  If we leave the roses too long, we also have some reaction, but less.  Luckily, as soon as they get tired looking, we have more. GregT again knows way more than I do, but I want to point something out in what he said that might esc... Read More

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• May 2013

  While traveling through Napa Valley last month I noticed that all the Vineyards I visited had roses planted around their crops. They're planted and watched closely for any early signs of infestation on the land. They monitor the Roses closely and upon early signs of problems, protective measures are taken to make sure the grape vines receive a s... Read More

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• May 2013

  Fox asked me the other day if I was going to start a thread on this years ... ... ... and getting ready for bloom as seen in this photo from Williams-Selye Read More

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