Half an Hour

The pair of us came up with a cunning plan this year, it is so simple, Monday to Friday we go out in the garden at 10.00am and do thirty minutes of gardening each, which we have found gives us focus, plus by the time the half hour is done we have a quick review and then go back to our day and have not tired ourselves out.

The front yard had a lot of this attention before we went on a trip, weeds of course love this environment and once we had removed most of them, we laid the path of stepping stones at the side and then our attention shifted to the long neglected back yard and of course the first order of business were the weeds again and that wobbly post at the start of August, however, we never expected to do this :

We always say this, we wish we had taken a before photo, although taking one would have brought shame upon us because the back yard was in a terrible state, three or four years of neglect, however, all that has been reversed in the last four weeks and also enhanced with the removal of a ton of wild grass, an old tarp that had been grown through, rocks and weeds everywhere, all gone during our thirty minute shifts.

The path to the left with the island is new and we just had enough screenings left to complete it, the two shrubs in the foreground were saved from the Canadian Tire garden centre at the end of the season, little bargains here and there and in a few days time we will be visiting Russel Nursery with our gift card from Karen's mum, Pat, and will buy more plants for the front and back yards.

It is approaching that time of the year when we start thinking about the next season, we have those loose ideas of what we will be doing and then of course, we will surprise ourselves with stuff like this that we did not intend to do, all sparked off by a wobbly fence post repair, that is the fun of gardening.