A Wonderful Machine.

MY HADDON HALL PICTURE FOR TODAY

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: 15C
Temp High: 28C
Rainfall: 0mm
Cont. Days Without Rain:1
Dry Days This Month: 3
Wind Level For The Day 0
Pressure: 1002.4
Weather: A calm muggy day, sunny until 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
Check the mole trap
North Front
Misc
Thu 06/08/2009 08:00
Thu 06/08/2009 08:10
10 minutes
Caught a mole and removed the trap

See to the sheep
Field
Misc
Thu 06/08/2009 08:10
Thu 06/08/2009 08:30
20 minutes
Checked and counted the sheep

See to the greenhouse
Glasshouses
Thu 06/08/2009 08:30
Thu 06/08/2009 09:00
30 minutes
Watered round

Hedge cutting
Memorial Gardens
Walled Garden
Thu 06/08/2009 09:00
Thu 06/08/2009 10:30
1.5 hours
Continued to cut the conifer hedges.

Break for tea Home
Misc
Thu 06/08/2009 10:30
Thu 06/08/2009 10:50
20 minutes

Hedge cutting
Memorial Gardens
Walled Garden
Thu 06/08/2009 10:50
Thu 06/08/2009 12:45
115 minutes
Continued work on the conifer hedges.

Break for lunch
Home
Misc
Thu 06/08/2009 12:45
Thu 06/08/2009 13:30
45 minutes

Hedge cutting
Memorial Gardens
Walled Garden
Thu 06/08/2009 13:30
Thu 06/08/2009 15:30
2 hours
Finished off cutting the two conifer hedges.

Hedge cutting
Rose Garden
Walled Garden
Thu 06/08/2009 15:30
Thu 06/08/2009 16:40
70 minutes
Trimming the conifer hedge by the rose garden.

Cleaned and put away the tools
Potting Shed
Misc
Thu 06/08/2009 16:40
Thu 06/08/2009 17:20
40 minutes
This includes dismantling the scaffolding tower and putting it back in store.

See to the bins
Hall
Hall & Pumpend
Thu 06/08/2009 17:20
Thu 06/08/2009 17:30
10 minutes
Took back the green bin and put out one recycle tubby.

NOTES
People have commented on how easy it is to cut the electric cable of an electric cutter, a couple of other things worth taking care over is making sure that if you have to work at height to make sure whatever you use to attain that height is stable. Another less obvious thing to watch out for are wasp nests as they often like to build in the roots of the hedge where it’s very often dry and sheltered. They can pass un-noticed during normal ever day life but can become very agitated if you start thrashing around with an hedge cutter outside their front door. I have a strong nest somewhere in the base of a conifer tree on the North Front, thankfully it’s not really causing anyone any problems where it is so I will leave it alone and treat the area with respect.

The new hedge cutter has proved to be a wonderful machine. Not only did it do a good job but it did it way faster than the old one. I saved a whole day on what its taken me in the past so I'm really pleased with my new machine.
COMMENTS FROM THE POTTING SHED
Kimmie I was updating both blogs but I was finding that I was not always answering peoples comments with dodging back and forth, also I was spending more time blogging than I really have time for at the moment so I put them both together for the time being rather than stop writing one or the other as I know some people like the work book and others like the tips and pictures of my work in the garden. So yes, I have switched to this blog for now at least.

Jeanette I’ve been thinking all day that I must measure the height of the hedges as someone is sure to ask, and guess what? I went and forgot so I went across after dinner and measured them for you Jeanette. They are 13 feet high and vary between 4 and 6 feet wide, or 3.9 metres by 1.8.