{"id":42009,"date":"2026-06-20T10:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=42009"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","slug":"more-roses-and-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=42009","title":{"rendered":"More roses and updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My last post about our rose was a rose that was a moving in gift and therefore has been here for nineteen years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side of the garden is a rambling rose with pale pink blossoms that was already established when we moved in and therefore must be well over twenty years old. There is also a darker pink standard rose that was a fiftieth birthday gift for me and is therefore now sixteen years old. We have always let it do it&#8217;s own thing so it&#8217;s only vaguely a standard rose now. Both these roses flower until the first frost which is usually sometime in October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rambling-rose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rambling-rose.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rambling-rose.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rambling-rose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rambling-rose-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Rambling rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sort-of-standard-rose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sort-of-standard-rose.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sort-of-standard-rose.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sort-of-standard-rose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sort-of-standard-rose-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sort of standard rose on the left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Chicken news<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Popcorn came back into lay yesterday and laid both yesterday and today. She had taken a sixteen day break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think perhaps storm has finished laying for this year. She last laid seven days ago which was 13th June. Last year Storm laid her last egg on 12th June so it is most likely that she is finished for this year. I can&#8217;t believe the two dates are so close together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means all three game girls are likely to be finished laying for this year as they have a short season. That leaves a possible six girls to carry on laying with Maple, Snow, Popcorn and Ginger now laying, Red probably about to start soon and then Gold to start again probably in a week or two&#8217;s time.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These six girls will now keep us going in eggs for the rest of year with the possibility of this year&#8217;s girls, Popcorn and Maple, laying through the winter. If they do, that will be a very welcome bonus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Edit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A few hours after I had put this post out Red went into the nest box and laid after a break of twelve days. So we now have five girls laying, hurrah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My last post about our rose was a rose that was a moving in gift and therefore has been here for nineteen years. 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