I wondered why I hadn't seen you around lately.
I'm sorry you roses are not doing well. Dastardly 'hoppers. Plague proportions by the sounds.
Your idea for a Lady Moosey Corner is a lovely one but it seems that the odds are stacked you against you.
Don't get me started on how much money, heartache, time and effort I have given to plants that have not survived. I know the frustration well my dear.
But we gardeners are made of pretty stern stuff. Or perhaps we are just plain stupid. Either way the gardening bug never really goes away. The wins are celebrated and the losses are chalked up to a mix of crappy luck and gardener error. Forever the optimists, we shake it off and set about planting new things once again. A few dead roses will not be the end of you B! Gardeners have more backbone than that.
I miss my old cat terribly (see my thread) but I am not silly enough to think there won't be another puss to share our couch in the future. And this goes for plants too...