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blogging, Gardening, maintenance, pictures, postaday2013, weeding
I don’t think that gardenkeeping is a word, but what I did today outside in the backyard, I would say qualifies as housekeeping if I had done it inside, so why not call it gardenkeeping, since I did it outside in the backyard?
A good part of gardening is the maintenance which encompasses weeding, pruning, transplanting, dividing and shaping. New plantings make up only a small percentage of the overall seasonal work of gardening. I personally like everything about gardening, except for leaves; I know that it needs to be done and it gets done but I don’t really like it, especially when it seems that the wind always blows stronger when you are raking and bagging those leaves.
So here are a few pictures of what I did and the difference it makes when the garden is spruced up a bit.
laurieanichols 
I love neologisms and that sounds like a perfect word to describe what you did!
Weeding is great therapy, you sit there and work your hands through the dirt, say hello to an earthworm or two or ten, watch Jack play at Lord of the Manor surveying his kingdom, away from technology and in the midst of nature. I really enjoy it. Housekeeping doesn’t give the same feeling, sadly for the house sometimes, oops. 😉