by Marde Ross | May 5, 2013 | All Categories, Daffodils
Margaret Homestead 2013 Merle, Cedric and I drove to Cloverdale one fine morning in the rain to check out the homestead on 300 acreas that he knew as a boy. It was owned by Margaret Adams who died in 2000 after a long friendship of almost sixty years with Merle. As...
by Marde Ross | May 4, 2013 | All Categories, Daffodils
Merle Reuser With His High School Wheels – Now Used to Deliver Daffodil Bouquets! Merle Reuser is a daffodil “freak” as he describes himself. He has become well known in Cloverdale and Santa Rosa for his work since the age of eight of giving away...
by Marde Ross | Mar 29, 2013 | All Categories, Daffodils
Ironstone Vineyards, Motherlode Daffodil Show in Murphy is a fabulous display usually held over St. Patrick’s Day weekend as it was this year, but I was babysitting while my children were skiing in Utah. So, Merle Reuser and I visited the winery with its one...
by Marde Ross | Mar 29, 2013 | All Categories, Daffodils
On Wednesday, March 27th, Merle Reuser and drove to Volcano, CA to see the Daffodil Hill that I heard of for many years. We packed Cedric into my SUV and drove about four hours up I80 to 50 to Folsom Road to 49 to Volcano if I have this straight. Volcano is a tiny...
by Marde Ross | Mar 18, 2013 | All Categories, Daffodils
I received a phone call from Merle Reuser saying that he wanted to meet the Daffodil Lady as he was the Daffodil Man! He lives in Santa Rosa and has been replanting the oldest daffodils in California brought in by settlers in the 1820’s he thinks. On a three...
by Marde Ross | Mar 18, 2013 | All Categories, Daffodils
The Santa Rosa Garden Club came to visit on one of their perennial tours and we had a large turnout! About seventeen members did the entire walk and another group stayed up on the deck and relaxed while the rest began the walk. Julie Sooley took some terrific...
Recent Comments