Congratulations to all the winners

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to those who contributed to this.

I won, I won. The prize was watching 'Little Raffle Man'.
I started laughing, because I realized I was clapping my hands every time he turned the paper so we could see the name.
I was so proud of him.

Oh, and congratulations to all the winners. What a grand raffle this was. Can't wait to see which roses Larry chooses.

Hah! Love those videos! What a treat!

And what a nice surprise to see I won 2nd.

It's really cool that, as Dave said, "ten percent of the participants won"...you won't find that happening in any prize drawing elsewhere, eh? Go ATP!

A'hem, now as for my name....

... I have a speed hoe (stirrup hoe), a warren hoe, a fork hoe, a standard garden hoe and now I understand I have, or am, a..

Horsehoe!

He is getting so good at this routine isn't he?!

Congrats to all, that was a good raffle!

Yes, ditto. Congrats to all!

And big time thanks to the sharing/caring providers of the gifts, Joannabanana, Calif_Sue and Paul2023, and Antique Rose Emporium, whose website is a great warehouse of roses and rose knowledge! Ya'll better book mark that site!

Hoe. (I mean Shoe)

Congrats to all the winners! And thank you to all who are donating a prize. And thank you Dave, Trish & Little Raffle Man.

And I LOVE the new phrase All The People. Yeah!

Skiekitty said:

Horsehoe? Uh, forgot an "s" in there? Makes a slightly different word, donchathink?

Congrats to all the winners!

I just remembered that you mentioned getting acorns for comments left in database entries, I wasn't sure about that because it doesn't seem to trigger one of those system messages that announce your comment submissions and acorn accrual.

Have the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners chosen there prize yet?

Calif_Sue said:I just remembered that you mentioned getting acorns for comments left in database entries, I wasn't sure about that because it doesn't seem to trigger one of those system messages that announce your comment submissions and acorn accrual.

I'll have to look into that, thanks for that report!

Paul2032 said:Have the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners chosen there prize yet?

I got one selected so far!

I know that Larry's taking a hiatus from being on the computer so much.. I'd love to know which roses he chose!

me too - with pictures

Me too!

Dave & Trish, I think you mentioned in the video (so cute with little man!) that you could recommend some roses.

What is your favorite from the Antique Rose Emporium?

Also RE: comments left in the database. This has not been clear to me either, sometimes I think I may have gotten an acorn, other times, I'm sure I did-not.

I know Mike Shoup mentioned this one as a favorite Rose (Rosa 'Sombreuil')

I got 'Sally Holmes' from A.R.E. 5 years ago and it's performed spectacularly in our sandpit with zero irrigation and terrible soil, surrounded with tall goatweed and grass. It's amazing.

Rose (Rosa 'Sally Holmes')

I also have a deep velvetty purple rose from them, highly fragrant and has millions and millions of thorns on its canes, but it also is a real winner. I love the colors and the fragrance. I just can't think of its name right now. I bet Sue knows just from the description above.

ok, come Sue - give us a link - I want to see it

Could be either:

William Lobb (my vote goes here) http://antiqueroseemporium.com...
Great Western: http://antiqueroseemporium.com...

Don't know if Dave's rose is a once bloomer or repeat...

Thank you all for your well-wishes and thanks to everyone connected with this wonderful raffle! I told Dave last night that I took one last peek at my email before heading to bed and couldn't believe what I read. What a great note to end the day on!

I've been checking out the roses all morning long. There are so many great ones, I'm having trouble deciding which ones to choose. For sure I'll let everyone reading this thread know which roses I've selected, along with their photos. My afternoon is heavily scheduled, but I'll be back in touch tonight.