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maintenance…

02 Saturday Aug 2025

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Wednesday was such a lovely day…

started the morning with Hilda the Gardener, who arrived to do some maintenance in the garden… I’ve been thinking of the change that she has made to the space over the years;-)…

it always feels so fresh and tidy after her time here…

while she was working away, I picked beans and peas, and spotted some cucumbers starting, yay…

then a friend stopped by with a bag of books for me and I had a bag for her as well;-)…

we hadn’t seen one another for ages and had a great catch-up…

after they both left, I read and relaxed in this lovely space…

lively…

02 Wednesday Oct 2024

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Wednesday was a lively day…

started off with an early breakfast and quick inspection of the house to make sure everything was tidy as the cleaners were coming at nine…

it was raining out when they arrived so I headed up to the computer room to get out of their way… while there I filed paperwork, put items in a pass-along box and tidied the desk… it always surprises me how that desk can get cluttered, all by itself, lol…

as they left, Hilda the Gardener arrived for a final cleanup of the garden… pots and planters were emptied in preparation for our next season, irises were planted around the garden, and the strawberry plant went back into the ground to overwinter…

while she was here, my grandson’s grandfather arrived to work a bit on the newly drywalled sections of the basement…

as they were working inside and outside, I began bringing in the plants that will live indoors during the next few seasons and setting them up in their winter locations…

this year I have set up a few grow lights in the spot where the small fish tank had been located… it will be an interesting experiment to see how they will do in this location…

so, the inside and outside of the house are both lovely, tidy, clean and organized…

then I had a nap;-)…

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…

hostas…

31 Saturday Jul 2021

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today I did some actual gardening, lol…

for some reason I do not like hosta flowers, even though they are purple… odd, because I like the plants…

I got my pail, gloves and pruners and tidied up each of the hostas that had flowers hanging over them… the most difficult was the one behind the waterfall… it is a bit tight in that corner and I didn’t want to fall into the pond again, lol… they look so much tidier now…

I moved a couple of impatiens from a spot where they weren’t visible into a pot that the squirrels had dug up and destroyed a plant… I also repotted a dahlia corm that was in a pot and hadn’t done anything…maybe it was planted too deep… if it doesn’t peek through in the next week I will put something else in the pot…

then it was onto my book and relaxing;-)…

sprouts…

30 Tuesday Mar 2021

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more time working on/in the garden…

changed tables in the living room window to make space to be able to put more of the deck planters in the sunlight… once they warm up, I am going to fill them with alyssum and morning glories…

kind of exciting… I also moved the big planter onto the front step and will put it back into the flower bed in a few days when the weather is warmer…

filled the other planters with datura and morning glories and planted a few additional tomatoes… I’ve moved the tomatoes onto the dining room window ledge…

it will be interesting to see what sprouts…

dandelions…

22 Friday May 2020

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as I look at the dandelions blooming in the front yard and think about the yard work that needs to happen I am really missing my beloved…

he did not appreciate the dandelions and was often out digging or spraying to get rid of them, lol…

I don’t care and figure they will get cut down when the grass is mowed… I also remember all the times that kids and grandkids have brought them to me as gifts;-)…

he also spent hours in the garden, weeding and tidying and rearranging…

he loved playing in the pond;-)… it would not have near the number of leaves in it currently were he around, lol…

gardening…

29 Saturday Aug 2015

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made myself bacon and eggs for a treat this morning… used Campfire brand bacon which reminded me of our breakfast around the campfire just last Saturday…

then I headed out into the garden where I spent most of the day… the morning glories were lovely, although the large ones didn’t open today, lol…

  
dragged out the lawnmower and mowed… what an improvement… looked like an overgrown meadow before… this new Black and Decker model is battery powered and plugs in when done… had to scrape down the inside when I was done because it had been damp earlier…

put seed in the feeders… trimmed back some of the sad looking plants and pulled out others in overgrown areas… the birds were happy with new snacks…

  
took out a pail full of water hyacinth from the pond…

  
now I can see the fish again… and discovered five baby fish… 

  

maybe there have been two or three batches of them because there is one black one which is the biggest with two coloured ones about the same size and finally another teeny black one… the black ones are actually gold but appear black in the water…

spent time relaxing after the gardening… read my book, watched the birds and had a lovely nap to the sound of the waterfall…

  
also made chicken soup and walnut pesto…

  
wonderful summer day…

gardening…

23 Saturday May 2015

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what a wonderful day…

up early, had breakfast and headed into the garden… set out the cushions and cleaned all the tables… took out all the plants from the dining room and set them beside the pond…

  
got all the water plants into the pond and then took a little break…

  
still looks a bit empty…

  
before long the water hyacinth will multiply and the water lilies will pop up to the surface and fill in with green lily pads…

the kids came over and my grandson and his friend worked away in the side garden cleaning up two years worth of weeds… looking very nice… I am so happy that we got this done as last year I just pretended there wasn’t anything there, lol…

my daughter and I went to a couple of garden centres and got most of the plants I will need…

the little boys picked up twigs and swept the decks while we were gone… had pizza for supper and they headed home…

filled the planters around the deck, made three baskets, and planted about seven pots before I finally came in tonight…

took a few breaks to read and watch the goldfinches at the feeder…

all around, an excellent day…

gardening…

11 Saturday Apr 2015

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it was beautiful this morning and I was very excited to open the screen door for the first time this year…

sadly my son-in-law was working days this weekend so I knew he couldn’t come and help me in the garden…

called my grandson and he and a friend came over and spent the day… they raked the garden and put out furniture while I cleaned up the planters from last year and washed a number of tables… then we moved to the front where we cut back wild roses… got rid of grass…   

laid wet newspaper, and put down 16 bags of rubber mulch… 

was so happy to get this done… bought the first ten bags of mulch last summer… ran over and got more as we worked… slurpees for the boys on our way home from Home Depot, a short rest and they then spent a couple of hours working on the pond…  they had lots of fun…

the little boys arrived just before 5 and they trimmed the Virginia creeper…

had a short visit from my sister-in-law and nephew in the tidied garden…

had pizza for supper when the daddy arrived and he changed my tires so now the car has the pretty wheels on it again…

everyone headed home and I am laying on the bed watching tv…

opened the screen door at 8:30 in the morning and closed it twelve hours later… yay…

busy, warm and very productive day…

gardening…

17 Saturday May 2014

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what a beautiful day…

spent it outside… the new cushions are very comfy, but I still have to figure out what to do with the stools…

spent some time reading and some time working in the garden…

I work in short spurts and then rest a bit and then work a bit more…

20140517-215439-78879318.jpgit always amazes me how grass can get into the flower beds so easily…

the pond guy came by and we both think that the leak is fixed… he will come and cover up some of the liner that is showing and glue down a loose stone sometime this week…

20140517-221041-79841214.jpghoping to move the fish from their condo to their summer home in the next few days…

20140517-221912-80352817.jpgthere are brown bits everywhere as the buds open on the trees…

enjoyed every minute…