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winter-proof…

17 Saturday Oct 2020

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yesterday Hilda the Gardener came to winter-proof the garden…

she trimmed back ferns and hostas; emptied pots in front and back; brought all the dahlia pots onto the deck and cut them back; pulled weeds and trimmed the wild rose in the front flowerbed…

my job will be to remove the dahlia tubers, separate and pack them up for the winter… I’ve had to bring them in to thaw so that I can break up the soil, lol…

we are not raking up the leaves, but will have my grandson do one last mulch in the garden once the furniture is put away…

happy and sad that the garden is nearly prepared for winter…

still a few fish to catch and furniture to move…

fluffing…

03 Friday Jul 2020

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what a full and hot day…

Hilda the Gardener came by to do some weeding… she has been busy and hasn’t been here since May so there were lots of weeds for her to deal with, lol… her comment was that possibly the fluffing of the earth when she loosened it last time, made a great space for the weeds to come back;-)… so clearly I shouldn’t weed, lol…

she filled four large bags, and I filled one very small pail;-)…

but it looks lovely everywhere including behind the back deck… she also brought some purple gladioli and added them to the flower bed… below are before and after photos… they do not do justice to her work;-)…

and then my books arrived from Chapters/Indigo… nine in total… lots to read for the next while…

this batch are hard cover, not my favourite, but they were all a great price;-)…

seedlings…

20 Wednesday May 2020

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so excited this morning to discover these two little seedlings… they are morning glories…

once I’ve put out the cushions for the furniture, I walk around and check all of the pots that I have planted…

I’d been worried that the morning glories weren’t going to come up… at the same time I also planted some datura in pots in the front yard and they haven’t come through yet… but now I am hopeful that they still might…

we’ve grown both morning glories and daturas for many years… I am looking forward to seeing some this year, particularly as the garden may be the only place I travel to, lol…

most of the dahlias and tomatoes are doing nicely… it looks like a couple of the dahlias aren’t going to make it…

waiting for plants from Shelmerdine to arrive and make their way into the ground… they were a birthday gift from the kids in Ottawa…

I enjoy planting pots and planters but hope to have the items that are going into the ground planted by Hilda the Gardener;-)…

before…

22 Monday Jul 2019

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productive day on Sunday…

topped up the hot tub, did laundry, prepped a few meals for the coming week, spent some time relaxing in the garden…

finished a book, watered plants, cleaned the fish tank, and consulted with Hilda the Gardener…

she very kindly sent me some before pictures…

had lunch out with my grandson, grocery shopped and got home to see the beautifully tidied front flower beds…

put away the groceries while the lawn was being mowed… went out and took a few photos of the tidied front beds…

fit in a nap, warmed up some leftovers for supper and watched a few PVR’d shows…

phew…

gardener…

06 Saturday Jul 2019

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this morning, Hilda, the gardener, came over and worked away in the back while I continued gathering items for the camping trip…

before she started, we spent some time walking the area and deciding on what needed to happen where and when…

she weeded, divided and moved hostas, and trimmed the lilac…

looking good…

removed…

26 Wednesday Jun 2019

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great excitement when I got home…

the back garden looked very different than first thing this morning…

before I left home…

and this is how it looked tonight…

all the weeds have been removed… next step will be to place landscaping cloth down around the perennials and then cover the entire area with rocks or mulch…

so happy that my gardener has been here to get things done…

tackle…

04 Tuesday Jun 2019

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so excited to get home yesterday because I received a message from my gardener, Hilda, advising she had been by and done some planting…

it looks great and I can hardly wait to see what happens when she tackles the bed across the yard, lol…

serenity…

24 Friday May 2019

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pretty pleased because, thanks to a friend, I might just have found a gardener…

we walked around the front yard and garden and reviewed all of the things that needed to be done… it is quite a list…

at first I thought she was overwhelmed with how much needs to be done, but I mentioned I would be happy if just the garden was looked after…

although it was raining and the garden looks rather sad, she said she felt the serenity of the space…

we made a plan and she is going to get started when she has an opening in her schedule… this might not be for a few weeks, but I am thrilled that the work is going to get done eventually…

before then I’m hoping that someone can come and move some rocks…

so exciting;-)…

company…

15 Friday Jul 2016

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had quite a bit of company today…

early morning meeting with my money guy…

then met my grandson for breakfast and we worked in the garden for a few hours…


he is getting to be a good gardener… finished putting the rocks around and in the pond so now none of the liner is visible…  we also lifted the deck to move the cords out of sight and he cleaned up the flower bed and put rocks down…

looks very nice… made red lentil curry and rice for our lunch which is one of his favourites…


the fushia was looking beautiful today…

after he left, spent some time reading in the garden and then had a nap…

the daddy dropped the little boys off after supper on his way to work…

we had a lovely time… they came with me to water a friend’s plants…


on our way home we stopped for Dairy Queen ice cream and once we arrived at the house, we walked over to the grocery store to pick up fixings for s’mores…

on our way back we stopped at the creek where we scattered grandpa’s ashes and then there was rolling down the hill activity…


got this great shot of the dahlias blooming in the front garden as we arrived home from the store… they look like a painting…


the boys played with balloons for at least an hour, on the deck and then in the hot tub…


everyone played on their electronics for a while and then we had a fire…


they were picked up by mom and I am now enjoying a few quiet minutes before heading to bed, lol…

we never did get to the s’mores but will do that on Sunday when they come for dinner…

it is such a treat to spend some one-on-one time with them…

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