Your new flowers sound beautiful, Charmion. What's the name of your rose? Will it be big or small when it grows up?

I live in Missouri, which is not a cool place, but I have a very beautiful rose from Canada called Morden Blush on the corner of my front porch. It is mature, about six feet high and three across, with lovely white flowers which shade to pale pink in the middle. It is so beautiful that people walking down the street take pictures of it.

This year I am growing my tomatoes in large plastic boxes. I hope to sidestep the weeds and the soil fungi that way, and I hope the boxes are big enough.