Food and Drink for Roaes

Maxime de la Falaise, fashion model and artists' muse died on Thursday at age 86. " Her mother, Rhoda, an Irish beauty, was considered an eccentric even by the elastic standards of the British Isles. Lady Rhoda often made lobster thermidor, for instance, and then fed it to her roses. "She would make fist stew and sometimes forget that she was making it for the garden," Ms.de la Falaise told The Independent in 2004. "So she would add a bit of cognac, some garlic and spices. The roses would almost cry out with pleasure". "

The above information from today's New York Times. If my roses start looking weak this summer, I think this might be worth a try.