Cindi ...
I am so sorry you've had such a stressful year. Mine has been pretty horrific, too, for very different reasons. Like you, I am running a marathon trying finish my fall chores and put my garden to bed for the winter. The stress seems to be unrelenting. No need to go into detail.
According to a links on Google, Gramic Inc is a freight forwarding company located in Niagra Falls, New York. Either nursery could be using their services.
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re: planting now or potting up and putting them in the garage ... Although I have not gardened in a climate such as yours, I think potting them up and putting them in the garage will give you better control over their survival and your time. The roses are coming from a greenhouse environment and have not been hardened off. Even keeping them in the garage will cause some plant stress, but you'll be able to see what's going on with them and deal with it.
re: advice for you .... be sure to take some time out from everything, every day, just for you. It makes all the difference in the world in that it enables you to regenerate and then keep on pushing.
Some years, our gardens are a labor of love and some years they are pure labor.
I started back doing my exercises two months ago, even tho' I honestly felt I didn't have time to take out an hour every morning for exercise and I am certain taking that "me time" has helped me a lot these last few weeks. I still have way too much to do and am continuously wondering where I will find the energy to do it all, but I think I'll make it.
Be kind to yourself and you go, girl, go !
Smiles,
Lyn
