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03 Friday Sep 2021

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always learning, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, male, moments, nature, neighbour, plants, research, squash, widow

I spent some time walking around the garden this afternoon…

after checking out the neighbour’s squash plant, which has come into my garden, I went online and did a bit of research…

there are a number of blooms on both sides of the fence but not a single squash growing…

it appears that all of the blooms are male flowers… hopefully a female or two will turn up although I think there is a plan to pull the plant out next week, lol…

become…

02 Thursday Sep 2021

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three years ago my mandevilla was blooming profusely on this day… that year, the flowers began opening mid-July…

it lives in the dining room over the winter and doesn’t bloom during that period…

today I took photos of the buds on that same plant… interesting that we are a month and a half later this year…

it takes quite a long time for the buds to become flowers and I am looking forward to the blooms…

planted…

25 Wednesday Aug 2021

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big excitement when I discovered 2, yes 2, beans growing, lol…

I had planted a number of seeds but thought that none of them had survived… I’m not sure whether the crazy hot weather affected them…

happily, my neighbour brought me another feed which I had with my supper…

not exactly sure what I will do with two as they still aren’t quite ready, lol…

mum…

24 Tuesday Aug 2021

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had a lovely dinner tonight with the kids…

they brought me a bunch of mums for the garden… I had been collecting parcels for them over the last few weeks, so we traded, lol…

we ate in the garage as it was a bit cool out and rain threatened… I am still nervous about having people in the house for any length of time…

even put one of the plants on the table to provide some ambiance;-)… looks good with the tablecloth, but we won’t mention all the “stuff” that is everywhere…

we spent time remembering how grandpa knew where every single thing was located and planning the organizing and decluttering that has to happen…

cukes…

23 Monday Aug 2021

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big girl pants, blessed, cucumbers, cukes, garden, happy, moments, nature, plants, tomatoes, weather, widow

yesterday I had a nice haul of veggies in the garden…

the cukes all have an odd shape but are tasty…

usually I’ve only planted a few tomatoes and the odd pepper, so I’m rather pleased with this year’s veggie garden…

damaged…

20 Friday Aug 2021

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for the last week or so I’ve been wondering why the hibiscus is getting all these yellow leaves… I’d been watering it and had even given it some banana peel water…

this afternoon, between rainfalls, I put a chair up alongside it as the wind is supposed to get crazy tomorrow and I didn’t want it to blow over again…

and spotted this…

this is very sad… I hope I will be able to remove the broken portion and that the other two stems will remain healthy…

it may have been damaged during the big storm last week… the tree had blown over and I didn’t check the stem when I put it back up… too bad, maybe it could have been repaired…

blower…

09 Monday Aug 2021

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busy time in the garden on Saturday…

my grandson came, whipper snipped, trimmed the weeds in the driveway, and blew all the leaves and detritus… we do like the blower, which can also act as a vacuum… everything looks tidy… he also helped get one of the bubble machines going…

a bit later Hilda the Gardener spent time weeding and tidying so that the garden looks well cared for… it is always such a treat to see how lovely everything looks after she’s been here…

meanwhile, I had lightly fertilized the plants that are heavy feeders, filled bird feeders and pulled out a few weeds in the new grass…

bubbles make me happy…

drink…

08 Sunday Aug 2021

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big girl pants, blessed, drink, fertilizer, flowers, friends, garden, moments, nature, plants, tidy, widow

I’ve spent a good part of the last few days cleaning up the flower pots, removing dead leaves, trimming, and deadheading as I went around giving the plants a drink of slightly fertilized water…

friends were coming over and I want everything to look its best;-)…

creeping…

06 Friday Aug 2021

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I think I need to trim some of the Virginia creeper around the garage door soon… it is creeping across the doorway;-)…

if not I won’t be able to get in there, lol…

pearls…

04 Wednesday Aug 2021

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basil, big girl pants, blessed, food, garden, grape tomatoes, happy, moments, nature, pearls, plants, widow

very excited to gather some of the ripe cherry tomatoes to add to my lunch…

also picked basil to go along with the bocconcini pearls that have been waiting in the fridge…

a delicious fresh lunch;-)…

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