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15 Monday Nov 2021

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the garden looked so beautiful after the snow on Friday…

of course it always looks beautiful as long as you don’t have to go out into it, lol…

I had taken out the garbage bin on Thursday, even though the pickup day had moved because of Remembrance Day… I didn’t want to struggle with the snow that was coming…

good thing I did that… a lot of snow came down… the pickup ended up being on Saturday, but I didn’t have my grandson bring it in while he was here shovelling…

this morning I went out and shovelled my way to the back gate so I could bring the bin back in…

shovelling was easier and I left the garbage bin just under the cedars so it won’t get too much snow on it… I followed the path that the bunnies had made so that there should be less drifting… except I ended up with my head in the branches…

had a snow hat for a few minutes…

bags…

12 Friday Nov 2021

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spent time this morning with the dahlia tubers…

when I dug them up a while back, I put them in different containers so I would remember which was which…

I think I got them right, lol…

I’ve read a lot of blogs and watched many videos on how to overwinter the tubers… of course the information is all slightly different…

last year only one of the ones I saved was usable, so we will see what happens with this year’s batch…

each type is in a paper bag and the bags are all in a bin that will go into a cool dark place in the basement…

I’ve left a bit of soil around them and not separated any… and I should check on them a few times to be sure they aren’t getting mouldy… maybe I will be able to find the eyes better in the spring…

fingers crossed…

refilling…

06 Saturday Nov 2021

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the weather was delightful and I spent a good portion of the day emptying and refilling the hot tub…

I got a new pump in the summer to use for removing the water from the tub… the hose was a bit on the short side, so had to use a table to get the water into the grass… it took 3 hours, including using a pail and dumping bucket after bucket… may be getting something that works a bit quicker next year;-(…

once it was empty, I ran the extendible hose up from the basement, through the screen door, over the deck, and filled the tub in just over an hour…

a few tense minutes when the electricity on the tub didn’t seem to want to start… but, at last, it started and will now be heating up for a few days…

won’t have to change the water out until Spring… glad that job is done…

tank…

04 Thursday Nov 2021

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I have been working on the fish condo for weeks now… spent a good portion of a day cleaning the fish tank… lots of scrubbing and emptying…

I researched a second tank and we went out and got the tank and two pumps so that they were on the ends as opposed to the back of the tanks…

after numerous measurements, we set the new tank up on the counter along the North wall of the dining room… then the bottom was filled with rocks and water and the new pump set up… this tank will be for the baby fish as the other tank won’t be able to hold all of the fish…

I worked with my grandson and we were able to move the big tank to the spot beside the small tank… it looks good there and it almost appears like one single very long tank…

after putting river rocks in it, I ran the hose from the outside tap through the house and was able to fill it up in nine minutes… it probably took me that long to fill the small one as I used a pail and walked back and forth to the kitchen sink for that one, lol…

had a bit of an issue with the pump as there wasn’t quite enough room in the large tank for it on the edge, but we were able to remove a piece of plastic and now it fits perfectly…

once the water was in and circulating for a few days we began catching the fish… we have been at it for quite a while… we started on October 22nd and today I think we caught the last one… I had to break ice for the last few collections, lol…

it was quite a process because since about the middle of October the water has been brown as leaves have fallen into it so it has made spotting fish difficult…

we also brought in some of the water lilies, which hopefully will survive until next spring when they can go back into the pond…

the tanks look great and I am pleased with all of our work…

we have 12 large fish and 14 babies;-)…

tricks…

31 Sunday Oct 2021

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so, there were some Halloween tricks, but no treats…

the kids were over this morning and we were working in the garden…

just after they left I was in the dining room and looked out the window to see this…

that would be snow pelting down like crazy…

of course, it is Halloween…

and a short time later it looked like this…

eventually it all melted…

trowel…

29 Friday Oct 2021

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a few days ago I brought in the tubers for two dahlias…

I wasn’t able to dig up the third one, so I went out this afternoon to see if I could get them out of the planter they were in…

I removed soil, and tried to dig around the tubers… my trowel just wasn’t strong enough to get them out… finally I got the shovel and after a ton of effort, was able to finally remove them… there are a lot…

I have brought them in to dry and will then bag in paper and store in the basement… hopefully they will turn into more Mick’s Peppermint in the spring…

Mick’s Peppermint

and while I was outside working, my neighbour brought me a final pail of tomatoes… most are green and I’ve put them on the dining room table so they can ripen…

tubers…

25 Monday Oct 2021

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spent time outside in the garden digging up some of the dahlia tubers…

although it was sunny, it was cool and it got windier as I worked… my fingers were cold inside my work gloves and I had a cup of tea to warm them up when I got in, lol…

I only ended up bringing in the tubers from two of them… one is still out there but I will finish digging it out in a few days…

these are the tubers from my favourite Eveline… there are quite a few pieces and it took a lot of work to get them out of the planter…

once they dry out I will take off the rest of the soil around them… then I will put them into paper bags in a dark and cool part of the basement…

Eveline at the end of August.

there were two of these in one pot and they bloomed a lot and made me very happy… I hope that there will be more next summer…

and this clump came out in one piece… it is the Robann Regal and also had multiple blooms… I am hopeful that they will be viable in the spring…

the flowers were a bit smaller than I expected but the plant produced many blooms…

Robann Regal in early September.

looking forward to bringing in the Mick’s Peppermint, which also bloomed beautifully…

sidewalk…

22 Friday Oct 2021

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the weather has really gotten fall-ish…

this afternoon my grandson arrived to finish a few jobs around the yard, including putting away the lawn furniture and then he and his friend replaced the sidewalk stones along the front flowerbed… they had sunk way down into the grass over the years….

this is going to make walking from the driveway to the house much more stable and it will also be way easier to shovel once the snow arrives…

coleus…

21 Thursday Oct 2021

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a few weeks ago I read that you could propagate coleus using their leaves, and have them as houseplants which could then go into the garden in the spring…

I didn’t have any in the garden but a friend did and I asked if they would give me a few clippings…

a week ago they dropped off a few types and I popped them into a glass and set it on the dining room table…

I did a bit more research and discovered that they needed to be much smaller than I thought…

so, I trimmed them up and put them back into the glass and set it on the table in the living room…

once they have roots I will transplant them into pots and enjoy them over the winter… eventually they will make a great addition to the side garden…

I also cut pieces from two of my indoor vines and set them in water as well… I have found a couple of tiny pots and plan to put them into the bathroom window;-)…