Back in the Garden After Surgery: Rose Hip Harvest & Cleanup Update

I'm back in the garden. After weeks away recovering from surgery, the cleanup starts today — I'll see how far I get. In this update: weeding the beds, Celestial Nights dropping her leaves for winter, a surprise open-pollinated hip on Lady X, how the supermarket-pollen crosses on Golden Celebration and True Gratitude are holding, and a round of mature hips ready for seed collecting — Desdemona, About Face, Full Sail, and Fun in the Sun. Plus what's still blooming: George Vancouver, a fading Sexy Rexy, and a hip high up on All Dressed Up. Seeds from the open-pollinated hips will be listed in my eBay store. I'm taking it day by day and protecting my hand — gloves on, no heavy lifting. Thanks for all the concern while I was away. I breed roses in my Staten Island backyard (Zone 7b) with one goal: can a backyard breeder create and patent an award-winning rose — done economically and sustainably? Thanks for sticking with me. Chapters: 0:00 Starting the post-surgery cleanup 0:14 Back in the garden — taking it day by day 0:49 Celestial Nights and the weeded bed 1:12 Lady X surprise — an open-pollinated hip 2:30 Supermarket-pollen crosses still holding 3:51 Across the garden — weeding done, mowing to go 4:27 Mature hips ready for seed collecting 6:06 What's blooming — George Vancouver 6:48 Sexy Rexy fading to white 7:07 All Dressed Up — hip up high 8:04 Wrapping up Join the Dahlia & Rose Breeder's Unit on Facebook — link on the channel page. Seeds will be listed in my eBay store — link on the channel page. Subscribe for the next update. #rosebreeding #roses #backyardbreeder #garden