Soothed by today’s gentler avian chorus, Jackie, Martin, and I all worked in the garden this morning.
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The Head Gardener freed a couple more metres of the bricks on the eponymous path of their green packing, leaving a few more for future treatment.
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After loading the rest of the refuse on the Back Drive into his van to remove when he left, Martin completed his meticulous weeding of Fiveways and the Shady Path;
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then opened up the completely overgrown Head Gardener’s Walk for wobbly legs, enabling me to reach more spent roses from The Generous Gardener, in addition to which I did the same for Arthur Bell
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and New Dawn;
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then snipped secateurs, strapped straying stems in the Rose Garden, extracted weeds, and transported trugs of further refuse to add to Martin’s van load.
Later, working backwards from 6th July to 28th June 2014 I changed pictures to the normal Gallery, thus recovering them to the posts, which results in cropping of some images on each post which can nevertheless be viewed in full in the galleries. This is more annoying than excessively time consuming.
This evening we all dined on beef and chicken burgers, fried onions, and fresh salad with which I drank more of the Appassimento and Jackie drank Hoegaarden.
Mighty impressive work accomplished. Congratulations to all three of you.
Much appreciated by us all Pat. Thank you.
Just how huge is this garden? So, so lovely!
Thank you very much, Dale. 1/3 of an acre including the house and the Back Drive.
It seems to go on forever!
That’s what I always think, Dale. I think it’s how they have it laid out with all the paths.
I am so envious of it!
Me, too–though we are not gardeners! 🙂
I’m a wannabe gardener!! 🙂
Lots of hard back breaking knee aching work done here Derrick… Loved your hard work results and those roses are divine my friend… A perfect day for it…
I hope you can now navigate those pathways easier..
Much love your way Derrick .. 🙂
Thank you so much, Sue X
You three make a great garden team! Beautiful work. Dinner sounds delicious! ????
Thanks a lot, John
You’re welcome. ☺️
Mrs T would appreciate your garden work today. She loves a tidy path.
Thanks a lot, Mr T.
Everything looks ship-shape! Ha! (Get it?!) You three make a great crew!
The paths look lovely! I bet Arthur Bell appreciated the grooming you gave him!
((HUGS))) 🙂 ❤️
Thanks very much, Carolyn 🙂 X
Well done!
I’m afraid I’m someone who makes a start on these jobs – but deep down really hopes that someone will say, “Sit down Mum, we’ll do this!”
A good way to be, Sue. Actually Flo does quite a lot in the garden – planting and watering. Thanks very much
That’s top work. Going to reap the benefits from that this summer.
Thank you very much, Gary
The path clearing looks good enough even for my wobbly old legs Derrick
Thanks very much, Ivor
Great job on the gardening and the photography! I love the yellow roses!
Thanks very much, JoAnne
I loved the pathways. I’m always intrigued by what at the end of a path. Especially winding and twisting ones. The garden looks beautiful, Jackie.
Thank you very much from us both, Chrissy
The paths are looking fantastic! All the hard work definitely paid off.
Thank you very much, Liz
You’re welcome, Derrick.
Years ago,. I used to bbe there on my hands and knees, weeding meticulously every crack between the slabs of our patio. I was then told though, that there are weed killers which have no effect on the environment other than to kill the weeds they encounter..
That was good enough for me to convert!
Thanks a lot, John. I did all that, too 🙂
How wonderful to have so many hands working in that beautiful garden.
Thank you very much, Laurie. So essential, now 🙂
You have all worked so hard on those gardens, and these lovely photos show that. I am glad you have Martin to help you, too.
Thank you very much, Lavinia
So much work.
I read this at first as “Head Gardener’s Walk for wobbly legs,” as in it’s a special walk for wobbly legs. 🙂
🙂 Nice one, Merril. Thanks very much
You’re welcome, Derrick. 🙂
God bless you and Martin for your diligence!! The garden looks lovely!!
Thank you very much, Jan
I have a new respect for the amount of dead-heading you do Derrick thanks to my geraniums
Thanks very much, Sheree 🙂
Such a fabulous garden. It’s really looking beautiful.
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Thank you very much, Melanie
Your glorious roses thrive under your loving care.
Thank you so much, Dolly
You are very welcome, Derrick.
I am drooling over your garden, Derrick.
Thank you so much, Zakiah