My Garden for Valentines Day
I always wish that I would have roses to bring in the house for Valentines day, but all I have is very colorful foliage. With the warm weather the roses have really taken off since being pruned just a few short weeks ago.

Below are pictures of some of the roses in my garden. Can you find my first bloom of the year? It is on Butter Creme that had a new shoot that I could not bring myself to cut.

Those are tomatoes in the garden that I planted last weekend. 

Starting Point and Topics 
As I start this blog I think there many things that I will need to touch on and  explain. Some of the items that are on my list:

1. What is the rose auction
2. Where do the profits go
3. Where do the roses and the products come from (I am excited about this one
4. What do I do with the roses after I get them home from the auction
5. How do I care for my roses through the year 
6. When is the auction... I need more roses
7. Who do I contact if I need information about the auction
8. Who are the auction key players and what are they up to (inside info on the rose auction team)
9. How do I donate my roses to the auction
10. What can I do to support the auction

As we work through the year I am going to touch on all of the above AND keep you up to date on the progress of the auction and how you can help.

I am also going to share a lot of my favorite rose sites for info on roses and help you select the best roses for your garden (we are open to suggestions for the auction... we will do our best to meet you needs).

I want to include as many pictures as possible. Today I share 1 of my favorites. This is Bee's Knees that I entered in my first show (The PSW District Show at MCC). I won the Novice Class and the Mini Princess of the show. Competing at a show is so much fun... great friends, displaying the results of your hard work, AND great roses.

Reflecting on the 2012 Auction

We are almost 1 week past the 2012 auction and I decided that it is time to keep everyone up to date on the auction for next year and the results from the past auction. As I continue to go through the results from last weeks auction we already are working on making next year bigger and better.

Harvey and Harry, our star auctioneer and ring-man

Myself and Harry before the auction

Our Star Workers at the auction... this is how the roses move from the tables to the winning bidders area

The wonderful group of bidders at the auction