Cinqo de Mayo (spelling?)

This is my effort for today before it rained. I am reclaiming a circle garden around this tree in the front yard.The bulbs were all here when we moved in originally.

Not very clear but these are the last of some Lily of the Valley that covered the whole front yard.I put the tomato cage over then to make them obvious to our fence builders arriving tomorrow.

The bottom picture isn't really gardening but it shows we moved the cement divider so the fence will be on the right side !!!

General photos.May20/2012

This is the fruit bed. As you can see the strawberries are beginning to flower, something has nipped off a couple of the leaves so I have spread some nylon netting over them. Raspberries in the background are flowering too.

 This is the ancient grapevine on the other lot, it is showing lots of potential fruit.

 And these are columbines hiding in the gnarled trunk of that grape.


I took another couple of photos but I can't remember how to rotate then as I took them sideways! Either that or dear reader will have to turn their head on the side!

The fence begins.

The guys finally arrived today to start the fence. One week and two days late! It will be a difficult job for them as the existing fenceposts are sunk into LARGE cement blobs and a couple of the blobs are where the new fenceposts should go.

The white bucket marks the site of a hole they dug for a post, it also is exactly where my last remaining Lily of The Valley plant was!! I managed to unearth the flowers but their stalks were broken so I stuck them in water and hope they will last a couple of days.

My basil seedlings are ready to be planted out so I guess that will happen tomorrow.

I am going away to Yellowpoint Lodge next Monday for four nights then Hubby and I are vacationing for a while. House sitter is all arranged.

Our Lawn boys!

We had a visit from our new lawn company. My silly push mower just didn't cut it.Pardon the pun!The company name is Nevaeh Landscaping. Heaven backwards.They cut the new lawn with the blade really high and used a mulch blade so the cutting go back into the ground. They used the trimmer and everything looks neat and tidy!Took them about 20 minutes to do the lot.

Some pix .

Some of the plants in pots on my deck. There is a Brown Turkey fig, it seems to have a few figs setting so fingers crossed.The wooden trellis holds an Arctic Kiwi, it has been in a pot for about 3 years, hope to get a place to plant it permanently.There is a magnolia(hubby's favourite tree) various herbs and the black square planter holds my sweet peas.

I grew them from seed and they are a highly scented variety.The next picture is of a clematis on the side of the deck, going up the downspout. I love the way they meander about looking for a place to grab on! 

We have hired a landscaping company.

My little push mower only "pushed" the long grass seedlings so I asked the man that had set up our yard originally if he did lawns or could recommend anyone. He came back with a local firm Nevaeh Landscaping. The owner popped in and had a look at the yard and will start next week. He will use a mulching mower to put goodness back, over-seed (as the birds sure had a feast last fall!) and also fertilize as needed. I feel that I don't mind the expense if it makes our place look great for selling in the Fall.

That darn cat!

We have a neighbourhood outdoor cat that uses our yard as its' latrine. I caught it yesterday stalking "our" quail. Luckily I happened to look out and was able to scare it away.(Quail too!)