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Mark and Sandy spend a day Gardening |
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Mum asks Mark if he will work on the garden as she wants it to
be a bit less work to look after. |
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Mark has asked his friend Sandy if he will come and help him
with some gardening. Sandy arrives wearing dungarees and
ready for some hard work. He pushes the wheelbarrow into
the rose garden. |
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"Thanks for helping me Sandy," Mark tells his friend "I've been
out here all of yesterday and this morning taking down the old
fence". "No problem" Sandy replies. |
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They start to spread out the fabric membrane for the path.
"I'll hold it Mark and you pull it at your end." Sandy
calls to Mark. "I've got a wrinkle here" he mutters to
himself. |
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"I'll grab the bucket and we'll start to shovel the gravel into
it to spread on the path" Mark says. "Great idea" agrees
Sandy. |
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"This is going to take forever, Mark" Sandy tells him as he
spreads the first bucket, "and we have heaps of gravel to lay."
"You're right" agrees Mark. "I'll wheel it over in the
wheelbarrow and we can empty it out in a heap and then spread
it". |
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"That'll be much quicker" says Sandy. "We'll be finished
before you know it" Mark says, "then we could go down to the
park to play a game of football". "Great idea". |
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Once they have the stones spread on part of the path, they start
to put the bigger piece of membrane over the rest of the ground
where the lawn used to be. "A little more your direction
Mark," Sandy tells him "then I'll trim it to shape while you are
digging." |
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Mark manoeuvres the membrane into place and then picks up his
spade and starts to dig a large hole. Once it is done, he
puts the new shrub in and fills in the soil around the edges.
"That looks great" Sandy call over to him. |
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"Mum bought some red and white roses at the garden centre
yesterday and I've had them soaking in some water ready to
plant" he tells Sandy. "I thought I would get started on
the white roses while you were working on the shrub" Sandy
replies. "They do look cool". |
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Mark sets about planting the red ones. He starts by
digging a hole and mixing some fertilizer in the bottom.
Then it puts the rose bush in. "Is it straight?" he asks
Sandy. "Yeah" comes the reply. |
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He fills the soil into the hole around the rose and heels it in
with his boot. After the roses are all planted they spread
the gravel over the rest of the garden. "I'll give them
all some water" Sandy says as he arrives with a full watering
can. Then he tackles the tangled azalea "Careful with that
hook, it's really sharp" Mark tells him. |
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"We bought a new garden bench but it is really heavy" Mark says
to Sandy. "I think it will take both of us to move it into
position" Sandy agrees. |
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"I think I shall sit down for a moment and have my milk shake,"
Sandy says "I am ready for a break". "I agree" says Mark
"but I'd really like to finish this bit of weeding first."
Hannah arrives carrying two ice creams, one for each of them. |
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"Wow, looking great guys," she says "mum thought you might like
an ice cream, she thought you would be warm with all the work
you've been doing." "Thanks Hannah" says Sandy as he
reaches out for the ice cream. Mark is leaning against the
apple tree. |
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"This is really delicious, what a lovely treat" Sandy says.
"Yeah, thanks Hannah" agrees Mark. |
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"Hey, I could trim the climbing rose for you" Hannah tells them,
as she grabs the shears. "Careful with them Hannah, they
are very sharp" Mark tells her. "I think we've
finished,what do you think?" he asks Sandy "will you push me
in?" |
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"You're going to have to get out here" says Sandy, "there is
some ivy growing across the path and I can't get the wheelbarrow
across it with you in there". "Okay Sandy, I'm ready for a
game of football, what about you?" |
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They head off to the park with a ball and mum comes out to see
how the garden looks. What a great job they have done. |
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