All those hips (and buds) came from my two bushes. I am going to try and make some hip tea, now that I feel better:-)
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Fruits of Pruning
As I was pruning my two Imposter roses today, I felt a dull pain in the joint of my right thumb. I thought it might be the first twinge of arthritis. Serves me right. I shouldn't spend so much time at the computer, and I definitely shouldn't have so many roses that it takes a month to prune them. I came home, took my gloves off, and found a thorn stuck into that very spot that hurt. Who would have thought? I took it out and it stopped hurting. Now perhaps I could write another blog post after all, and maybe get another rose or two.
All those hips (and buds) came from my two bushes. I am going to try and make some hip tea, now that I feel better:-)
All those hips (and buds) came from my two bushes. I am going to try and make some hip tea, now that I feel better:-)
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It seems that, no matter how good our gloves are, a thorn will always find its way inside. I jabbed one into the end of my left thumb while I was pruning the ramblers last month. Ouch!!
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ReplyDeleteThorns are AWFUL, and feel so good when they come out. Your rose hips look great and I bet your tea was delicious. Do you just put boiling water over them, and how many do you use? Is it ok to use any rose hips to make tea?
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FlowerLady
Yes, the hip tea was great, thank you, Flowerlady! I think you can use any rose hips, although some of them are tastier than others. I am glad you stopped by.
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