by Ralph
on April 2, 2012
daffodils on the back slope
Still pretty sparse this week. Some daffodills on the wane and some with swelling buds. The grevillea are beginning to bloom (first picture). The are very attractive flowers but rather small and scattered on the bushes. Still they add sparks of color to my hillside backyard.
At the bottom some new rose bushes this year after a disaster last year with all my new roses. I 
think I know what was wrong last year and I won’t be using that product again. These guys are own-root roses which I prefer. They look really tiny compared to the bareroot plants from the nursery but they do catch up quickly and you don”t have the bud union to worry about.
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by Ralph
on April 2, 2012
The preferred Christmas present this year for 8 year olds, at least in my neighborhood seems to be this stylish number. I guess it is a cousin of the electric scooters that were appearing when our kids were little. This model seems more appealing to girls from an informal survey of my block. The girl across the street has the Imod while her older brother has the scooter. Weekends get intense with five or more of these and a few scooters for variety going up and down our street. It’s hard to keep track of more than two at a time, especially when you are backing out of a driveway.
Here’s the real thing. Pretty snappy for a Vespa and it’s only $6K. The Imod is $500.
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think I know what was wrong last year and I won’t be using that product again. These guys are own-root roses which I prefer. They look really tiny compared to the bareroot plants from the nursery but they do catch up quickly and you don”t have the bud union to worry about.
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