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cant be bovered with the faff of gardening anymore..............really pleased with my roses this year...spayed em at the right time....cople of years ago my arbour rotted and started to fall down...so i took it down and burnt it.....but there was a nice but unhealthy scaggy old climber rose on one couner............ so rather that bin it i welded up a skeleton to contain it.....one piece of 1" box and couple of pieces of 3mm thick strapping....bande the muther 2' into the ground and bent the strapping around....so it gave the stringy bits a metalic bearhug.......then cut the suckers off and gave it a bit of shape 2 years later ...it aint half bad.........................it loves its new position............also encouaged a "micro spinney"...with fern a few rotting logs cotoniaster...xmas rose and a twisted hazel....which is 40 years old...me old mum had it in a pot for 20 years as a Bonzi..thingy....then i had it in same pot for a few years didnt look after it....so i set it free 12 years ago.....and it grew boy... sorry rubbish post...............(at a loose end) after a hard day)...
