01 Tuesday Jun 2021
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work in the garden continues…
yesterday, the remainder of the plants were put into pots, including some new plants;-)…
there are baskets everywhere and the various pots are filled with lovely combinations…
the garden is taking shape…
30 Sunday May 2021
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well, what a day… the workers were here for eight hours and got a huge amount of work done… I took a few photos before they arrived…
the cedars were trimmed… the wooden path in the shade garden was removed and replaced with patio stones, which were lifted from the remainder of the garden…
extra stones and the old wooden path were placed neatly beside the garage for a future project…
a portion of the lawn was levelled… soil was put down, tamped and covered with grass seed…
the rain held off all day as clouds came and went, which meant it wasn’t too hot for the workers…
there is still a small pile of soil, but that may go into the flower beds or be used to level out the front yard;-)…
a few pieces of work still need to happen, but it is going to look great once the grass comes up…
28 Friday May 2021
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yesterday I received two sets of stickers made from my photos, that had been ordered a while ago…
after cleaning off one that came on the computer, thanks to rubbing alcohol and an old facecloth, I added one of each ;-)…
think I’m liking how they look…
27 Thursday May 2021
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walked around and reviewed the work that needs to happen on the weekend…
soil will be delivered… all of the stepping stones are going to be lifted and soil and grass seed put in their place…
in the side garden, the wooden path will be removed and the stepping stones that were taken up in the main area will be used to replace the wooden path…
this will be a bit sad as my beloved laid all of these paths but it is time to change it up… right now many of the spots are tripping hazards as they have sunk a lot…
any leftover soil will go into the various beds and pots around the space… hoping that the two yards of soil is just the correct amount…
25 Tuesday May 2021
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Hilda the Gardener came by today and filled the front planters, a couple of hanging planters on the side of the house, a bed next to the garage, and moved ferns from one area to another…
everything looks great…
there is a threat of frost (for the next three nights), so I have just come in from putting sheets over all of the areas, lol…
excited to see how wonderful it is all going to look;-)…
she also brought me some lilacs, because she knows I love them…
24 Monday May 2021
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spent the entire day in the garden… nice to enjoy the warmth and sun…
my grandson came over and a contractor friend of his arrived to do some work on the decks… we had arranged the appointment before the newest regulations were out… I was very happy that he wore his mask the whole time he was here…
he fixed a piece of the decking beside the hot tub, which was falling apart… then he tacked up loose boards under the main deck and finally he repaired a loose piece under the gate pergola which is going to make opening the hot tub much easier…
then the two of them made sure that all the lattice along the garage was in the proper spot… it was quite a process and looks so much better now…
after lunch our contractor friend left and my grandson cleaned the pump in the pond, mowed the grass, trimmed up some cedars, and dug out a bunch of flower pots from the shed…
after he left, I moved and rearranged pots, and planted a few items which can go in and out of the garage until the weather warms up…
I am truly blessed…
20 Thursday May 2021
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three deliveries yesterday…
another tool from Irwin…
flowers from a fundraiser which my friend picked up and delivered to me…
soil from Hilda the Gardener… which she then added to all the pots and planters;-)…
going to be a busy few days as I decide what will go where;-)… not planning to plant until Sunday after the Saturday night chill…
18 Tuesday May 2021
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crazy day today…
no one has been inside my house for weeks and three people were in it today…
nice man from Dynacare to do bloodwork…
my grandson to bring up the toolbox from the basement… he also brought us breakfast, chose tools and discussed a landscaping job that needs to happen in the garden… thankfully we did all of that outside…
and my son-in-law to catch the fish and take them out to the pond… he also repaired the very broken bottom step on the deck so I won’t fall through it, and fixed a rocking bench in the shade garden…
I’m exhausted from all that company, lol…
15 Saturday May 2021
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lovely day in the garden…
read, ate a delicious chowder from Sentruhl and napped…
did not plant anything, although I really wanted to;-)…
thinking I will start to harden off the seedlings tomorrow… I’ve learned that the plants which are growing in the house need to go out a bit longer each day for a week or two, out of the sun and wind, to acclimatize them for the outdoors…
I see lots of lifting and carrying in my future;-)…
14 Friday May 2021
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I was napping when the doorbell rang and I found three boxes on the doorstep… and a few days later, another box arrived…
they were from Irwin Tools and held a ton of excellent tools… levels, vice grips, knives, a measuring tape, a plane, straight lines, clamps and a ginormous hammer…
I won a contest on Instagram… how cool is that…
I will be sharing them with my grandson, son-in-law and maybe a few others, lol…
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