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intentional…

10 Friday Jun 2022

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I am being intentional about spending as much time as possible in the garden…

it feels important to enjoy every minute when the weather is good…

I’ve also been doing a bit of weeding whenever I feel so inclined, lol…

although weeding hasn’t been one of my favourite pastimes, I am beginning to enjoy it… the satisfaction of a tidy area that I cleared is rather nice… although I am also thrilled after Hilda the Gardener has been by and tidied the beds and paths…

now that the front beds are complete, I am thinking of using some of the landscaping fabric around the Inukshuk… just have to get more mulch before that can happen…

here are a few spots I recently cleaned up…

the garden is definitely my happy place;-)…

stability…

09 Thursday Jun 2022

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today’s project was getting the bathtub pond emptied, cleaned, filled, and the pump going…

I used the wet vac and it took a while, but eventually the tub was empty…

I brought out the pump and filter from the basement and put a large rock in it for stability… last year it kept falling over as the water rose… looks like a great fix…

sprayed it down and filled it with water… turned on the pump, and away it went…

I found a large round piece of Tyndall stone and set a basket with some pond grasses into the pond…

it looks good and sound excellent…

after it was all done and I was reading, a bunny friend had snacks and then stretched out for a rest under one of the chairs…

another beautiful day to enjoy…

reminded…

08 Wednesday Jun 2022

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as I enjoy time in the garden I am reminded of how blessed I am…

yesterday I worked on hooking up the pump to the waterfall… the rocks that go around and over the pump were very heavy…

all of the cushions went out and looked good, although those darn elm seeds seem to be neverending and cover everything, lol…

had a meeting in the garden and was pleased with how well it went…

spent the rest of the day reading and maybe having a little nap…

the squirrels have been chatting a lot but there haven’t been many birds around… I did spot a neighbourhood cat having a sleep on the bench in the side garden, lol…

how blessed am I to have this beautiful space and the opportunity to sit and enjoy the serenity it provides;-)…

landscaping…

06 Monday Jun 2022

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got a rain barrel and new pots for the front flowerbeds a little over a week ago…

the pots were filled and planted shortly after… three were moved into their correct places and three were put along the driveway waiting for work to be done on the north side bed…

yesterday my grandson and his landscaping friend arrived to beautify the space…

they worked for five hours… removing ferns, weeds, and most of the wild rose which had taken over the space… they redesigned the shape of the bed and put down landscape cloth, laid paving stones where the pots were to go, moved a fountain and the very heavy birdbath… and lastly, dumped and spread fifteen bags of mulch…

it looks amazing…

so happy;-)…

Leclerc…

05 Sunday Jun 2022

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I was sitting on the back deck reading on Saturday, after doing some weeding, and heard a car in the driveway…

a friend was running errands nearby and stopped in for a quick visit…

then we went to Leclerc Greenhouses for a spot of plant shopping;-)…

as time goes on, I am feeling a little more comfortable about going out and about…

I found a hanging basket, some alyssum, a trailing tomato that goes in a basket and a couple of other small plants…

once I arrived back home, I hung up the basket, planted the fuchsia, ivy and tomato… but still have to decide where the alyssum is going to go…

lovely treat;-)…

Dynasty…

01 Wednesday Jun 2022

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great wander around the garden before the rain a few days ago…

excited to discover the milkweed is growing in the ground and in the planter where it did very well last year…

it appears that one of the dahlias may be poking through the soil…

and most exciting of all, the Monarch Dark Dynasty Butterfly Bush has new growth on it… this is huge as I’ve tried to overwinter them before without success…

right now only one of the pair shows any signs of buds, although that one came outside earlier than the other… fingers crossed…

produce…

29 Sunday May 2022

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brought all the plants out of the garage the other day… I had put everything in after concern that the bunnies might stop by for an expensive dinner, lol…

I have decided that I will be in the garden as much as possible, whenever possible… what with the odd weather I think it will be important to enjoy each moment…

sat by the pond for awhile, although I had a blanket on, before doing a bit of planting…

put in three of my dahlias hoping they will produce again this year…

in the pot on the deck, planted an Eveline and added morning glories to grow up the trellis… this is my favourite dahlia and I’m happy to have two corms that look like they will grow… fingers crossed…

the second one went into the pot in the middle of the garden… last year it did amazing in this particular spot… will add something else to trail down a bit in this planter…

also planted two strawberry plants and a few morning glories in the Bundt pan on the table… hoping the morning glories will climb up the umbrella pole and greet me with many flowers in the morning…

the other dahlia went into a pot that is currently sitting on the deck, but it can easily be moved elsewhere in the garden… I put in two tubers and if them both come up, one will be moved…

of course that bit of planting still left a table full waiting for their new homes…

nurseries…

27 Friday May 2022

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well, well, well… went plant shopping with Hilda the Gardener…

basically it took the entire day and we went to five different nurseries…

what fun… she knows where all the best plants are at each location and has a great sense of what looks good together…

I was also happy to discover that three of them had pond plants and I was able to get a container with three different plants in it…

once we had purchased everything (lol) we had lunch out and discussed our plans…

planting is likely going to happen on Saturday, unless I decide to start on the planters around the deck… although I’m not sure I remember which plants are going where;-)…

just after we unloaded all the loot and I had come into the house it poured for about half an hour…

great timing on our part…

table-top…

23 Monday May 2022

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great fun on this Victoria Day…

headed outside this morning and cleaned the glass table-top… I swept the decks, moved furniture around, found cushions and blankets and brought the plants out of the garage…

then I had a sit down by the pond;-)…

got coffee, pistachios, and almonds ready for my BS group… our first in-person gathering since the fall…

everyone arrived with various delicious treats and we had a wonderful visit…

we went from sunny… to cloudy… to windy… and back to sunny… a few times… birds flitted about and jackets came on and off as required, lol…

just after everyone had gone, and the space was back to normal, it started to spit…

perfect timing;-)…

iNaturalist…

21 Saturday May 2022

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I watched a Ducks Unlimited webinar a few days ago on dragonflies and damselflies…

it was interesting and I learned some new things about them… I also learned more about iNaturalist, a free app that I have on the phone…

up until now, I’ve usually used Merlin to search out a species, whether birds or other creatures… going forward I will try to use iNaturalist to record what I find… and I will be what they call a citizen scientist, lol…

recorded this little flycatcher… first time I’ve seen one of them;-)…