You will also notice that it takes less water and fertilizer to maintain your roses in a happy and healthy manner. You will also notice that it takes far less work to keep your roses impressing you and your neighbors. The roses you will get will be stronger, bigger, and easier to grow because you will be feeding the soil and letting the soil feed your roses. Just the nature intended. There are several types of organic compost that are commercially available in bags at your local garden center and hoe improvement warehouse.
Many communities collect yard waste and make it available to citizens of that community.
Next time, in our final pre-spring discussion on roses we will be covering a calendar of typical rose maintenance issues at the time of year roses seem to respond best. For more tips check out Don's books Natural Gardening A-Z and The Complete Natural Gardener available at your local bookstore or at all on line booksellers. Coming in March Don's new book Rose Gardening A-Z will be out. You'll find hundreds of free articles to help you stretcher your day and your budget. There's even a free weekly email newsletter.