Monday 24 August 2009

Looking For Motivation.

MY CASTLE HOWARD PICTURE FOR TODAY

JOHN’S JOKES
A dyslexic man walks into a bra.


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: 2mm
Cont. Days Without Rain: 0
Dry Days This Month: 13
Wind Level For The Day 19
Pressure: 996.3
Weather: Mostly cloudy with some rain in the afternoon.

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 24/08/2009 08:00
Mon 24/08/2009 08:20
20 minutes

Made a to-do list
Misc
Mon 24/08/2009 08:20
Mon 24/08/2009 09:00
40 minutes

See to the greenhouses
Glasshouses
Mon 24/08/2009 09:00
Mon 24/08/2009 10:00
1 hour
1) Watered and fed with Chempak high potash feed.
2) Repotted a plant afflicted with vine weevil.

Spraying
Glasshouses
Mon 24/08/2009 10:00
Mon 24/08/2009 10:30
30 minutes
Sprayed against whitefly.

Break for tea
Home
Misc
Mon 24/08/2009 10:30
Mon 24/08/2009 10:50
20 minutes

Cut the grass
Tower Cottage
Public Gardens
Mon 24/08/2009 10:50
Mon 24/08/2009 13:00
130 minutes
Tower Cottage is a rented property that has stood empty most of the summer the grass has become long so the boss asked me to tidy it up a little.

Break for lunch
Home
Misc
Mon 24/08/2009 13:00
Mon 24/08/2009 13:45
45 minutes

Cut the grass
Tower Cottage
Public Gardens
Mon 24/08/2009 13:45
Mon 24/08/2009 14:50
Finished off the lawn.

Trim ivy
Tower Cottage
Public Gardens
Mon 24/08/2009 14:50
Mon 24/08/2009 15:10
20 minutes
Cut some Ivy back that was growing over Tower Cottage steps.

Dead head roses
Tower cottage
Public Gardens
Mon 24/08/2009 15:10
Mon 24/08/2009 15:40
30 minutes
Dead headed and weeded the roses in the Tower Cottage rose bed.

Dead head and feed the bedding
Courtyard
Public Gardens
Mon 24/08/2009 15:40
Mon 24/08/2009 16:00
20 minutes
Came on to rain so had to leave it for another time.

Shopping
Garden Centre
Misc
Mon 24/08/2009 16:00
Mon 24/08/2009 16:40
40 minutes
Bought compost, chicken manure and Miracle-Gro.

Clean and put away the tools
Potting Shed
Misc
Mon 24/08/2009 16:40
Mon 24/08/2009 17:00
20 minutes

Take cuttings
Potting Shed
Mon 24/08/2009 17:00
Mon 24/08/2009 17:30
30 minutes
Took cuttings of Lord Bute

NOTES
1) The garden party seemed to go okay, I got loads of compliments from the guests and the boss and family about how nice the gardens looked so that made all the weeks of hard work worthwhile and even more so because it was achieved without any help from the weather. Now I have to find another reason to motivate me.
COMMENTS FROM THE POTTING
Jeanette There was no tidying up for me, it seems everything was cleared away. I did take my camera with me and I will post the pics on my hiking blog in due course, I will let you know on this blog when I have posted the pictures.

1 comment:

Jeanette said...

Gday Bob, never thought you would ever look for motivation, for someone that loves his gardens like you. love you photo looking through the arch way.. Is Lord Bute a Fuchsia Bob... By the way pleased there was no mess left for you to tidy up..