flowerbed…

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…

signs…

07 Wednesday May 2025

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things are starting to pop…

on my walk a few days ago, I spotted a batch of dandelions… according to a gardener I follow, that means we can start planting😉…

the trees are greening, the wild rose is coming alive and the lily of the valley is popping up…

and I can almost see the poppies getting taller as I watch, lol…

how blessed am I to have the opportunity to enjoy all of these signs of spring;-)…

mixed…

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…

berries…

07 Tuesday Sep 2021

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the other day I took a photo of some beautiful Virginia creeper berries… they were climbing on the cedars on the back lane side of the garden and were a bright purple…

today I spotted these red berries in amongst the lily of the valley…

I’ve never seen berries on lily of the valley before…

monarchs…

26 Sunday Jul 2020

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yesterday morning my youngest grandson was dropped off at ten by his two older brothers who were heading off to a two-day Pokémon event…

about fifteen minutes after they left he spotted the first of our monarchs as it emerged from the lily of the valley where they had gone to turn into their chrysalis stage… I had been watching this chrysalis for a number of days as it was the only one we could find…

perfect timing, and he spotted three more as they came out to dry their wings…

the first one had a wasp attached to its wing and it took me quite a while to get it off… not sure if that hurt it or whether the wasp had already injured it…

the others eventually flew off after their wings dried out, but this little male spent most of the day with us… finally it was gone, so we are hoping that it was able to fly…

what a wonderful experience to share together;-)…

ferns…

02 Tuesday Jun 2020

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a very quiet day…

slow to rise and made french toast with the last of the whole wheat bread…

watched a few morning shows and then headed out to the garden…

planted the last of the flowers still in the garage and spent time reading…

have not seen a single bird today, but I did get a few nice photos…

happy with this great shot of the ferns which are growing so quickly…

the poppies are getting closer and closer to opening and I check them out every morning…

I also cut some lily of the valley for the bedroom… they have finally opened and the scent is lovely…

leaps…

01 Saturday Jun 2019

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things are really growing in the garden…

and I don’t just mean the dandelions and grass, sigh…

the ferns are growing by leaps and bounds…

the lily of the valley are starting to bloom… they smell lovely, but they don’t like to stay in one spot… if I was starting a garden I would only put them in a place where they are surrounded by concrete…

and the clematis is happily climbing up the trellis…

divine…

30 Saturday May 2015

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not sure why, but I am missing George tremendously these days… he would have helped bring the flowers in and figure out what to do with the pond…

the kitchen is a mess with all the plants and pots that I brought in last night… was going to take them out this afternoon but the forecast is a bit iffy, so decided to leave them till tomorrow… cooking at the stove has been an interesting activity with the greenery crowded right up to it…

looks like the ones that were left outside are fine…

spent a while topping up the pond… could hear the pump straining while putting chemicals into the hot tub so realized it needed water…

have pretty much given up hope that the pond people are going to fix it… think that my son-in-law and I will start trying some stuff… he already put a strainer over the pump which is keeping it cleaner…