05 Sunday Jul 2026
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always such a treat to have Hilda the Gardener in to tidy up the garden;-)…
everything looks neat and tidy when she’s done…
we were laughing about how the gardens looked when she first came… and how she kept taking before and after pictures of her work..
such a huge and delightful difference now…
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…
12 Thursday Jun 2025
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Hilda the Gardener spent a few hours on Wednesday afternoon tidying up the garden…
now that the poppies are finished blooming, she removed the ones that were in the walkway and cut back the ones in the flowerbed…
the other plants in that bed are visible and will likely spread out a bit more…
she also removed the lily of the valley from a section of the side garden…
the columbine are taking over but it looks fabulous… and the peas are moving up the arch at an astounding speed…
everything is doing well, including the clover and grass that we put down a few weeks ago…
I will be very happy when I don’t have to water it every day, lol…
26 Saturday Apr 2025
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first day of garden cleanup…
Hilda the Gardener arrived and spent the afternoon removing leaves and debris from around the garden and fluffing the beds…
even though not everything got done, it makes such a huge difference to how the garden looks…
took this photo before Hilda arrived…you can see the difference under the main deck;-)…
I was sitting on the back deck for the first time this year… woohoo;-)…
looking forward to many wonderful moments in this sanctuary…
13 Saturday Jul 2024
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I do enjoy Wednesdays…
that is the day that some lovely young men come in the morning, and within about fifteen minutes, have mowed the front and back, trimmed everywhere, blown any grass from walkways, and left;-)…
and often it is the day (usually every second week now) that Hilda the Gardener comes to tidy up the gardens…
so I particularly take pleasure in the rest of the day in this delightful space…
19 Wednesday Jun 2024
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on Friday I put out all the cushions and pillows as it was supposed to be sunny all day…
it is a bit of a process, because I put one out at a time, which helps me get steps, particularly as I spend a lot of time in the garden on my butt, reading…
it looked beautiful… the poppies, which don’t match my colour scheme at all, were blooming and dancing in the breeze and many of the pots and planters had flowers smiling…
I was surprised when my daughter arrived for a visit… she has been staying with a friend who has a lovely guestroom, lol… we spent a lovely time in this beautiful space, talking about everything and nothing…
she left and shortly after Hilda the Gardener arrived for some maintenance… we visited as she tidied up all the beds and pathways… it looks so nice when she is done;-)…
later as I was enjoying the space my daughter called and suggested we go to The Leaf…
I walked over to the other side of the bridge and she picked me up and we headed to the biomes…
we had a fun time checking out all the growth since she was here last year and had a lovely visit with the three cacao trees;-)…
always wonderful to spend time with her;-)…
30 Thursday May 2024
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Wednesday, a ton of work took place in the garden…
Hilda, the Gardener, planted milkweed, beardstongue, and pansies in the garden…
weeds were dug out and she also planted up the pots at the front of the house so it looks great everywhere…
I am so blessed to have someone who can do the heavy lifting in the garden… she has made it look amazing over these last years;-)…
my grandson and I walked the irrigation line and fixed or replaced the tiny hoses that the bunnies find very tasty, lol…
we also worked on the pallet planter using landscape cloth to make bags for a few flowers to grow in…
clearly, I need to have company over to admire the space, lol…
and Wednesday is also the day that the grass gets mowed, whipper snipped, and blown clean…
busy day which meant there was no nap🤪…
03 Friday May 2024
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Wednesday, Hilda the Gardener made her first visit of the season;-)… woohoo…
we had a little chat and discussed the plan for this summer’s garden and then she worked away at cleaning up the beds…
all of them look great now, as well as the area under the cedars along the new fence…
this is before…
and after…
now we just have to rake up the grass…
and under the deck looks good…
next there will be some shopping for new members of the plant family;-)…
03 Tuesday Oct 2023
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it was a bit sad on Friday, when Hilda the Gardener came to put the garden to bed…
it always feels awful when the flowers that are still blooming get pulled out of the soil and pitched into the yard waste bags…
of course, it also makes me happy that everything is organized and ready for the next season… a number of plants went into the ground that had been in pots so they will overwinter before moving into pots, or new spots in the garden next year…
we will meet up in midwinter to plan for spring…
01 Tuesday Aug 2023
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had fun on Saturday when Hilda the Gardener came to work in the garden… I’d been thinking a bit and had a few projects in mind… it is wonderful to have her here to do the heavy lifting;-)…
the creeping Charlie was removed from one of the beds and a few plants were moved around…
while she was doing that, I mixed soil and grass seed and filled a few low spots in the grass…
the lily of the valley and Virginia creeper were removed along the house in the veggie garden… I think we are going to add some hostas in this area… I am happy that we can separate plants rather than have to run out and buy new ones…
and the Virginia creeper around the gate was trimmed up…
we always like to take before and after pictures when we are working on some of the bigger projects;-)…
looks good…
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