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30 Sunday May 2021

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well, what a day… the workers were here for eight hours and got a huge amount of work done… I took a few photos before they arrived…

the cedars were trimmed… the wooden path in the shade garden was removed and replaced with patio stones, which were lifted from the remainder of the garden…

extra stones and the old wooden path were placed neatly beside the garage for a future project…

a portion of the lawn was levelled… soil was put down, tamped and covered with grass seed…

the rain held off all day as clouds came and went, which meant it wasn’t too hot for the workers…

there is still a small pile of soil, but that may go into the flower beds or be used to level out the front yard;-)…

a few pieces of work still need to happen, but it is going to look great once the grass comes up…

baby…

26 Wednesday May 2021

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the cutest baby bunny visited the garden as the work was being done in the garden on Monday…

when I went out to the garage yesterday morning to move the plants back outside, I spotted the baby bunny under the table filled with plants…

I opened the overhead door and tried to encourage it to go out, but of course it went the other way… I carried on moving plants and didn’t see it again, but just to be safe I left the side door open for the day…

later I spotted it again outside… it came right up to me beside the garage door… I am sure it wanted to go back in there… I felt bad so I put out a few carrot bits for it…

I was very careful as I put the plants back into the garage to be sure it didn’t get in, lol…

threat…

25 Tuesday May 2021

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Hilda the Gardener came by today and filled the front planters, a couple of hanging planters on the side of the house, a bed next to the garage, and moved ferns from one area to another…

everything looks great…

there is a threat of frost (for the next three nights), so I have just come in from putting sheets over all of the areas, lol…

excited to see how wonderful it is all going to look;-)…

she also brought me some lilacs, because she knows I love them…

lattice…

24 Monday May 2021

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spent the entire day in the garden… nice to enjoy the warmth and sun…

my grandson came over and a contractor friend of his arrived to do some work on the decks… we had arranged the appointment before the newest regulations were out… I was very happy that he wore his mask the whole time he was here…

he fixed a piece of the decking beside the hot tub, which was falling apart… then he tacked up loose boards under the main deck and finally he repaired a loose piece under the gate pergola which is going to make opening the hot tub much easier…

then the two of them made sure that all the lattice along the garage was in the proper spot… it was quite a process and looks so much better now…

after lunch our contractor friend left and my grandson cleaned the pump in the pond, mowed the grass, trimmed up some cedars, and dug out a bunch of flower pots from the shed…

after he left, I moved and rearranged pots, and planted a few items which can go in and out of the garage until the weather warms up…

I am truly blessed…

basil…

23 Sunday May 2021

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took a walk around the garden this afternoon to see how everything is doing in this rather chilly and wet weather…

over the winter the bunnies were nibbling on the lilac so I was worried as to whether it would survive… last week I saw a few bits of green on it and today it has tiny buds… yay;-)…

the two morning glories and basil seem to be doing okay… they were the only plants I have left out… although I did read today that basil doesn’t like the cold and may end up stunted, so we will see…

spent a few minutes in the garage to see how all the plants are fairing in there… it isn’t heated, but certainly warmer than the garden, lol…

happy to spot a little morning glory blooming there…

it is supposed to be warmer tomorrow… maybe I will be able to plant a few baskets…

locations…

21 Friday May 2021

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since most of the plants have moved outside, and not necessarily into the garden, lol (as in, they are currently residing in the garage) I’ve been working away in the living and dining rooms for the last few days to clean up…

I actually found the countertop in the dining room… all of the plastic bags which were under the planters moved to the table so there still is that… the window ledges are all clean and tidy… although there might still be a bit of dirt that needs to be swept up…

tomorrow it is on to the dining room table;-)…

in the living room I moved the table in the window back to the den and reorganized the orchids…

the table is now home to my favourite bowl – a fused glass and rock piece from the East Coast – which my BS buddies gave me as a birthday gift a while back…

I am hopeful that the orchids will enjoy their new locations...

fundraiser…

20 Thursday May 2021

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three deliveries yesterday…

another tool from Irwin…

flowers from a fundraiser which my friend picked up and delivered to me…

soil from Hilda the Gardener… which she then added to all the pots and planters;-)…

going to be a busy few days as I decide what will go where;-)… not planning to plant until Sunday after the Saturday night chill…

air…

16 Sunday May 2021

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this morning the plants went out for a breath of fresh air…

I managed to get them all into the shade where they spent most of the day…

so far they look pretty good… hope they are as good in the morning, lol…

I’ve just moved them into the garage for the night and will bring them back outside in the morning…

harden…

15 Saturday May 2021

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lovely day in the garden…

read, ate a delicious chowder from Sentruhl and napped…

did not plant anything, although I really wanted to;-)…

thinking I will start to harden off the seedlings tomorrow… I’ve learned that the plants which are growing in the house need to go out a bit longer each day for a week or two, out of the sun and wind, to acclimatize them for the outdoors…

I see lots of lifting and carrying in my future;-)…