This is my gardening diary for August 2014. Since all the roses have been planted, this will mostly just indicate how often I watered them.

August 01, 2014 – No watering done.
August 02, 2014 – Watered all roses deeply.
August 03, 2014 - Watered all roses deeply.
August 04, 2014 - No watering done.
August 05, 2014 – No watering done.
August 06, 2014 – Watered all roses deeply.
August 07, 2014 – No watering done.
August 08, 2014 - Rained.
August 09, 2014 – Watered all roses with Seasol.
August 10, 2014 – No watering done.
August 11, 2014 – Rained.
August 12, 2014 – Rained.
August 13, 2014 – No watering done.
August 14, 2014 – No watering done..
August 15, 2014 - No watering done.
August 16, 2014 – Rained.
August 17, 2014 – Rained. Applied ‘Grow Controlled Release’ Fertilizer – 10 scoops (approx 50 grams) for established roses and 20 scoops (approx 100 grams) for all citrus.
August 18, 2014 – Rained.
August 19, 2014 – Rained.
August 20, 2014 – No watering done.
August 21, 2014 – Rained.
August 22, 2014 - No watering done.
August 23, 2014 - Rained.
August 24, 2014 – No watering done. Prepared Lucerne (Alfalfa) tea.
August 25, 2014 - No watering done.
August 26, 2014 – Rained.
August 27, 2014 – Rained.
August 28, 2014 – Rained.
August 29, 2014 - Rained.
August 30, 2014 – Rained.
August 31, 2014 – Watered the established roses with Lucerne (Alfalfa) Tea.

This is my diary for July 2014. By this time I’ve prune my old roses and some of them are already budding. Last year even though there were no frost, some of the newly forming rose buds kept turning black and dying. Some have suggested that it might be due to the drying effects of the cold winter wind.

So for this month, I will be wetting/misting the pruned roses as often as I can every morning.

July 01, 2014 – No watering done.
July 02, 2014 – Watered newly planted roses.
July 03, 2014 – No watering done.
July 04, 2014 - Watered newly planted roses.
July 05, 2014 – No watering done.
July 06, 2014 - Watered newly planted roses / wet pruned roses.
July 07, 2014 – Watered all roses deeply.
July 08, 2014 – No watering done.
July 09, 2014 – No watering done.
July 10, 2014 – Watered newly planted roses / wet pruned roses
July 11, 2014 - Watered newly planted roses / wet pruned roses
July 12, 2014 – Watered newly planted roses / wet pruned roses.
July 13, 2014 - Watered all roses deeply.
July 14, 2014 – No watering done.
July 15, 2014 – Rained.
July 16, 2014 – Rained.
July 17, 2014 – No watering done.
July 18, 2014 – No watering done.
July 19, 2014 – Watered all roses deeply.
July 20, 2014 – No watering done.
July 21, 2014 – No watering done.
July 22, 2014 – No watering done.
July 23, 2014 - Watered newly planted roses / wet pruned roses.
July 24, 2014 – No watering done.
July 25, 2014 - No watering done.
July 26, 2014 – Rain.
July 27, 2014 - Watered all roses deeply.
July 28, 2014 – No watering done.
July 29, 2014 - No watering done.
July 30, 2014 – Watered all roses deeply at night.
July 31, 2014 - No watering done.