Preserve by canning, or keep in fridge for three weeks and freezer for up to 1 year. Select “Jam.” Press “Enter.” Jam is ready in 21 minutes. Add rose petals, sugar, juice, lemon juice and butter. Sprinkle pectin over bottom of Ball jam maker. Hold the rose bloom and cut the petals into thin strips with kitchen scissors taking care not to include the bitter white tip at the base of each petal. I especially like thinner-petaled roses like Gertrude Jekyll, Rose de Rescht and Francis Dubreuil, but thicker-petaled hybrid tea roses like Mister Lincoln, Papa Meilland and Firefighter make good jam, too. All roses are edible, but the flavor is usually more pronounced in the fragrant red and pink varieties. This is made in a Ball Automatic Jam Maker (purchased on )ģ-4 tablespoons pomegranate or grape juice Perwich is a member of the San Diego Rose Society, a Consulting Rosarian and a Master Gardener with UC Cooperative Extension. The roses want to see you, and you will feel better for seeing them! Walk past the rose gardens in your neighborhood. This is definitely the perfect time to pamper and indulge yourself and your housemates! Use the petals of unsprayed roses to make rose water, rose scones and rose petal jam. Photograph blossoms, birds and butterflies and share the images to help close some of the present social gaps and voids. Just as we give our time and love to our roses, our roses return joy and satisfaction and blooms and fragrance to us. In this time of trouble when everything feels out of control, allow nature and the beauty of your roses to seep into your soul, reduce your worries, restore your positive mood, renew hope and help make your perspective on life more rosy. In all these many ways, gardens make our lives calmer, fuller and richer. ![]() Sometimes when we have suffered a loss, nurturing our plants can get us through our sadness. We remember lovely memories and gain insights into our thoughts and feelings, and a garden can provide solace when our souls need soothing. When we tend to and nurture our gardens and our roses, we feel better, more tranquil and filled with health-giving energy. Like meditation and yoga, gardening makes us more mindful and allows us to be in the moment as we focus on the task at hand. It is often hard to be in the present moment in daily life, but it happens frequently in a garden. This will be a place to escape where you can breathe in deeply, listen to the birds’ chorus and observe rays of light glowing through the blooms. Find a special place in your garden and step daily into this soothing refuge. Our ears are often assaulted by a cacophony of unpleasant sounds, but in our gardens there is nothing insistently demanding to be heard. Your garden is a place of healing and a place to soothe your anxiety and stress. Fertilize your roses, and when your beautiful blooms are spent, deadhead them to prepare the rose for the next bloom cycle. Inspect your roses daily for the first signs of pests, looking out especially for aphids, hoplia beetles, caterpillars and rose slugs. This month in the rose garden, stake and tie canes that are tall and heavy with blooms, as well as those that are bending over and need support. The physical exercise activates our positive, feel-good endorphins, and being outdoors gives us our required daily dose of vitamin D3. And if you want to add some cardiovascular exercise to the mix, throw in some raking and digging! We bend, squat, lift, pull, push, carry and stretch. Think about all the varied movements we make when we garden. Right now, our gyms are closed, but our gardens are an ideal place to work out, keep fit and burn calories. Gardening is good for us physicallyĭon’t ever underestimate the amount of exercise you can get in a garden. ![]() Social distancing has mandated the cancellation of many events including gardening seminars, rose shows and garden tours. COVID-19 has left our regulated lives and schedules upended and in turmoil, and us with them. ![]() Their beauty is much needed in today’s upside-down world. April showers brought May flowers and our roses are in peak bloom this month.
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