Holidays

TODAYS WEATHER READINGS
So that I can post the readings on the same day as the blog post they are of the previous 24 hours up to 6 pm today.
Temp Low: 16C
Temp High: 24C
Rainfall: 1mm
Cont. Days Without Rain: 0
Dry Days This Month: 5
Wind Level For The Day 13
Pressure: 994.3
Weather: Mostly overcast after a wet start..

2009 Highs & Lows
Min for the year: -5 C (4th February)
Max for the year: 35 C (1st July)
Most rain in 24 hours: 39mm (5th June)

MY WORK BOOK

See to the sheep
Field
Misc
Mon 10/08/2009 08:00
Mon 10/08/2009 08:20
20 minutes
1) Put out some minerals.
2) Checked and counted the sheep.

Took the car for MOT
Personal
Mon 10/08/2009 08:20
Mon 10/08/2009 09:00
40 minutes

See to the greenhouses
Glasshouses
Mon 10/08/2009 09:00
Mon 10/08/2009 09:30
30 minutes
1) Checked around.
2) Sprayed against whitefly.

Tidying up
Rose Beds
Main Garden
Mon 10/08/2009 09:30
Mon 10/08/2009 10:15
45 minutes
Weeded and dead headed the roses in the two beds by the iron gates.

Tidying up
Summer House
Main Garden
Mon 10/08/2009 10:15
Mon 10/08/2009 10:30
15 minutes
1) Trimmed back some bits of Ivy growing on the low wall.
2) Weeded and raked the gravel.
3) Swept down the steps.

Summer House Steps, there is also a yard round the corner that had to be swept up too.
Break for tea
Home
Misc
Mon 10/08/2009 10:30
Mon 10/08/2009 10:50
20 minutes

Tidying up.
Summer House
Main Garden
Mon 10/08/2009 10:50
Mon 10/08/2009 12:15
85 minutes

Fetch the car
Personal
Mon 10/08/2009 12:15
Mon 10/08/2009 12:45
30 minutes

Break for lunch
Home
Misc
Mon 10/08/2009 12:45
Mon 10/08/2009 13:30
5 minutes

Tidying up.
Summer House
Main Garden
Mon 10/08/2009 13:30
Mon 10/08/2009 14:00
30 minutes
Swept the steps.


Mow the lawn
Main Lawn
Main Garden
Mon 10/08/2009 14:00
Mon 10/08/2009 14:50
50 minutes
Because I didn't get chance to cut the lawns last week I ran over it with the tractor mower to knock off any long ends.

Hoe the gravel
South Front
Main Garden
Mon 10/08/2009 14:50
Mon 10/08/2009 16:20
1.5 hours

Tidy up the flower border
Main Garden
Mon 10/08/2009 16:00
Mon 10/08/2009 16:45
45 minutes

Dead head sweet peas
Glasshouses
Mon 10/08/2009 16:30
Mon 10/08/2009 17:00
30 minutes

Clean and put away the tools
Potting Shed
Mon 10/08/2009 17:00
Mon 10/08/2009 17:15
15 minutes

Update my to-do list for next week
Main Garden
Mon 10/08/2009 17:15
Mon 10/08/2009 17:30
15 minutes

NOTES
1) I have nine working days left to make sure that the garden is looking the best that I can. On the 21st is the summer evening party, the only time the grounds are open to the public so everything I do from now until then will be done with that in mind.
2) Today Vicki booked a holiday for us in November. It’s a week’s coach trip through France to Spain, I’m quite looking forward to it even though I’m not sure what to expect. It’s almost thirty years since I went anywhere on a coach and forty years since I went on a foreign coach holiday. Also we have a holiday planned in September, we’re staying at home for that and hope to go out on days trips to visit some gardens and what have you.
COMMENTS FROM THE POTTING
Jeanette Other estate workers use the scaffolding so it gets dismantled and stored in the barn ready for the next person to use. I doubt I will have any use for it until this time next year.
Tea No I’m not the gardener at Haddon Hall, I just include a picture of somewhere else each day if I can as there are only so many pictures I can show of where I work.
Emily That’s an interesting idea, the beauty of a tractor is you can hitch up any amount of different trailers so we would only need the one tractor with a variety of themed trailers! Can you see Bob in a suit though!!!
Merle I’m pleased someone found the link interesting. I really believe that the only losers in life are the ones that give up without trying. Even if you fail in what you’re doing the fact that you tried makes you a winner in my eyes. The garden I look after isn’t massive but there is enough work to keep me busy in all seasons. I’m sure I do more than I really need but I’ve always liked to do my best. Also it isn’t like going to work, as long as a do a good job the boss seems happy to let me get on with it so it’s more like spending the day in my own garden than going to work – and I get paid for it as well!