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Garden Jobs To Tackle Ahead Of Summer Time


With the cold climate on its way out and spring just around the corner, now is the time to start thinking about acquiring your garden ready for summer. Despite the fact that temperatures may possibly nevertheless be on the low side, venturing out into the garden and getting busy sooner rather than later will permit you to reap the rewards later on in the year.
There are several garden jobs that are probably to need tackling just before the warm climate arrives, specifically if your outdoor space has lain largely untouched over winter. It can be tough to know exactly where to begin, but commit some time seeking round the garden and write oneself a prioritised checklist of the most important tasks if needed. By operating steadily by way of these jobs in the initial handful of weeks of spring, your garden will be seeking summer time-ready in no time.
Right here are a couple of tips to get you began.


Fencing
If you require to carry out repairs or you determine your garden needs new fencing, don’t delay in installing it. Now is the ideal time to make sure all your flowers and seed beds are adequately protected from wild animals, as you’ll have other items on your mind when the garden is in full bloom. You might like to paint existing fences to give them a fresh new appear for the expanding season, so hire a compressor to get the job carried out with a minimum of fuss.


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Pruning
The onset of spring is also the time to prune your trees and shrubs, although a lot of gardeners are reluctant to carry out this activity for fear of making a mistake and accidentally damaging plants. Nonetheless, the reality is that you are unlikely to kill a plant or shrub by pruning it sensibly.
Pruning is important for a quantity of factors. It can eliminate broken or diseased tree limbs, rejuvenate old shrubs to make sure they flower and make your garden a safer location by trimming down massive and unwieldy branches.
There are certain shrubs that you should aim to prune in early spring, just before their buds break. These incorporate bush honeysuckle, St John’s wort, Japanese angelica tree and common witch hazel. Usually use pruning tools that are sharp and in great condition, to make certain you get a clean reduce on the branches.
This time of year is also a excellent time to assess the high quality of all your garden tools, as you’ll want a complete set at your disposal for spring and summer, so don’t be afraid to throw out any at the finish of their operating lives and invest in or hire new ones.


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Basic clean-up
After you’ve secured the perimeter of the garden, carry out a thorough clean-up to take away all evidence of winter neglect. Months of wind and rain are bound to have taken their toll on the region, so take away all sticks, twigs and other debris you uncover. You can also use this time as an opportunity to take away any hardy weeds that grew up towards the end of final year.
New weeds will start to develop speedily as soon as the ground gets warmer, as they lurk beneath the surface waiting to germinate. Nonetheless, their roots will nevertheless be quite shallow at this point, so pull them out as soon as you spot them to make life less complicated come summertime.
Rake the lawn thoroughly and get your garden searching rubbish-free before the real work begins. The surplus leaves you rake up can also be utilised for compost, which will assist your plants to develop although acting as a deterrent for weeds.


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Simply summer


Summer window with garden flowers

The summer heat invites us to enjoy simple pleasures. 

Party decorations

Sitting by the water and just enjoying the breeze, summer evenings with friends and candle lit dinners with flowers picked from the garden, bike rides under tall shady trees, watching the birds and the bees, busily following their own paths...

Stormy sky over the Greenhouse


A storm rose in the afternoon, just to pass with lots of thunder but little to no rain.
The heat is unbroken. Maybe tomorrow.

And yet...


Playing tennis with Papa


Yesterday we went up to visit our youngest son (12) at camp, he is homesick and we felt a little sad leaving him tearful for another two weeks. There are surely great experiences to be made at camp, we hoped for him to have the best of times. But we felt his deep sorrow and the daily busy routine gets to him. He is a sensitive boy and the loud and permanent presence of so many kids and the strict daily regiment seems to be his undoing. 


Fueling the emotional batteries


We had no idea this would happen. He is a well rounded young man with good friends and an easy nature.
Additionally he was so severely sunburned, that I brought him to the nurse to have him treated. She had seen him before, but did not really follow through. I wondered a little about the boy's care up there. He has blisters on the back of his fingers and earlobes the size of a nickel...His nose was crusted over with burns.
We were shocked to see him like that! He still is not ready to take care of himself and there is clearly a lack of reminders at camp.
This being his first camp exposure, we all learned something new about him.
We decided to bring him home two weeks earlier then planned, making the camp four weeks long, enough for him and enough for us. 
I am secretly counting the days, surely just like him, to have him back.


A tiny hummingbird came to sit near me in the honeysuckle, just resting before the storm passed overhead, reminding me of every silver lining....

Black chinned hummingbird 

And it occurred to me, that these bittersweet experiences will also have their good, we just will have to wait and see.
Learning about oneself is not always easy.

And now it just begun raining, softly and steady! Welcome cool air!



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Summer weeks

 Last year's summer...they all have grown!

Since yesterday our children are off to happy summer days. Traveling plans, hatched out many long months ago, came finally true, our youngest one at sleep away camp for the first time. Our next older daughter away in Europe.
What are parents to do without kids? Enjoy the gift of extra time.
No calls for this and that, no breakfast on time, not too much laundry, reading on the deck without being mocked for spending yet another boring hour with a book?!
Spending time with friends at a spontaneous dinner invitation? Heavenly!
Out in town with my husband, not caring for timely returns home to make sure everybody is off to bed....in other words: A few precious weeks of childless, care free summer days.
Do not get me wrong, we love to spend time with our growing children, but after a year of parental chores, checking, cleaning, cooking, prepping and grooming, we are as much in need of a break as our beloved offspring, who are telling us gleefully, that spending time away from everybody in the family is the best thing that happened since last year at this time....
And so, here we are, happy as kids in a candy store, enjoying the well deserved break from parental responsibilities.... until a phone call early this Sunday  morning wakes us from sweet innocent slumber: Our son cannot find his contact lenses, please advise....
And off I go, explaining in detail where I stashed the goods in his massive trunk...
Never a dull moment!




Happy summer days to all!




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