Darn that rose bush!

So we picked the site where we'd be gardening. Villa De Marcell, an old folks home near our school. They already had a few flowers and berry plants but still had A LOT of empty space that was perfect for gardening. The reason why it was perfect because not only was there a lot of space that a lot of people would see and be able to enjoy, but because it would bring smiles and joy to all the elderly residents. Sadly, the soil is terrible! One area we thought would be great for gardening was a area that was shaded most of the time and had already had dead trees in it. We pulled them out quickly though with no problem! So know we have that space although there's already a lot of litter there.

After talking to the manager of the place, we told her our plans and that one of our plans was to plant them blue berry trees in the area that we pulled the trees out of and a grape on the near by fence. She had something else in mind for us! She thought that spending money on blue berry plants and planting them in a place that barely got sun, would be a bad idea because they'd have a low chance of surviving. It was a good idea, but what she wanted us to do instead was put them in a place where a rose bush already was and where a hydrangea already was. Her reasoning was because it was in a place that was near the porch so the residents could easily pick fruit from the porch and because she didn't like the plants that were already there. This meant transplanting.

We began digging up the hydrangea, and the rose bush at the same time, 3 people on each plant. The hydrangea came out within about 25 minutes. The rose bush on the other hand! It was very hard to work with because of all the thorns. So the whole time we had to be extra careful with handling it although i still got scraped a couple times! The bush had so many roots! So when we thought we were almost done and it looked like we were almost done, we weren't! We didn't want to damage any of the roots so we thought we'd try and pull them out of the dirt. I got so frustrated with that damn rose bush that i sat in the dirt and pulled as hard as i could. Some roots snapped but some roots came out. There was about three huge roots that must have went on for a long time because they were not coming out for anyone! Taking that rose bush out took so long, we all got so sweaty and so dirty, a couple scratches and for me, too many encounters with spiders!