You can never have enough...

[kiwimade64]

Back waiting for the kettle to boil. Albertine and I had a battle of wills. That rose is determined to take over the world! The frame holding up broke a while back and because she was flowering, we did a temporary fix. Today I pruned all six meters of her back to around a meter so we can fix the frame properly. I have scratches and scrapes and thorns and my gardening gloves now have two new holes in the leather. BUT I have one wheelie bin chokka with cut up canes and a massive pile of canes by the incinerator waiting for the fire ban to be lifted. And I think she will be a much happier rose on a stronger support. I found a birds nest in the middle of the rose and thought what a clever bird! There was no way a rat would tangle with those thorns to get to her babies.

Kettles boiled. Time for a cuppa and for me to clean up my wounds. I bled for that rose!