Saturday, 23 January 2010

Work Book (Week 3).

Hello everyone, here is the latest week from my work book, as you will see most of it has been devoted to pruning the apple and pear trees. Anyway take a look below, maybe there will be a few jobs there that you can do in your garden.

Sunday, 17 January 2010
10:00 - 10:20 See to the sheep ( Field ) ( Misc )
1) Took across half a bale of hay.
2) Checked and counted the sheep.
3) Put out some minerals.
10:30 - 11:00 See to the greenhouses ( Glasshouses )
Took off some dead leaves and flowers.

Monday, 18 January 2010
08:30 - 08:50 See to the sheep ( Field ) ( Misc )
1) Took across half a bale of hay.
2) Checked and counted the sheep.
3) Put out some minerals.
08:50 - 09:30 See to the greenhouses ( Glasshouses )
Checked and watered round.
09:30 - 10:30 Collect Christmas things from the church ( Church ) ( Misc )
Collect the crib, log and trees.
10:30 - 10:50 Break for tea ( Home ) ( Misc )
10:50 - 11:40 Fetch a propane bottle ( Farm ) ( Misc )
This is the 4th bottle I've had.
11:40 - 12:45 Prune the apples and pears ( Veg Garden ) ( Walled Garden )
Made a start on pruning the apple and pear trees in the walled garden.
12:45 - 13:30 Break for lunch ( Home ) ( Misc )
13:30 - 15:30 Prune the apples and pears ( Veg Garden ) ( Walled Garden )
15:30 - 16:00 Clean and put and put away the tools ( Indoors )
15:30 - 15:50 Pruning ( Indoors )
Pruned some Fuchsia's that I brought from home, they are now in the conservatory waiting to see which ones survived the cold spell.

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
08:30 - 08:50 See to the sheep ( Field ) ( Misc )
Checked and counted the sheep.
08:50 - 09:20 See to the greenhouses ( Glasshouses )
Took off some dead leaves and flowers.
09:20 - 09:50 Dead head the pansies ( Hall & Pumpend )
09:50 - 10:30 Prune the apples and pears ( Veg Garden ) ( Walled Garden )
Started the big tree near the steps.
10:30 - 10:50 Break for tea ( Home ) ( Misc )
10:50 - 12:45 Prune the apples and pears ( Veg Garden ) ( Walled Garden )
Continued to prune the fruit trees.
12:45 - 13:30 Break for lunch ( Home ) ( Misc )
13:30 - 15:50 Prune the apples and pears ( Walled Garden )
Finished off the big tree near the steps.
15:50 - 16:00 Clean and put and put away the tools ( Indoors )

Wednesday, 20 January 2010
08:30 - 08:50 See to the sheep ( Field ) ( Misc )
08:50 - 09:35 Fill logs and coal ( Hall ) ( Hall & Pumpend )
Took in 6 baskets of logs.
09:35 - 09:50 Brought some plants from the Hall ( Glasshouses )
Brought back a Christmas Cactus and Orchid.
09:50 - 10:30 Repair work ( Dog Kennels ) ( Hall & Pumpend )
Repaired the bolt on the dog kennel door.
10:30 - 10:50 Break for tea ( Home ) ( Misc )
10:50 - 12:45 Prune the apples and pears ( East Shrub Border ) ( Walled Garden )
12:45 - 13:30 Break for lunch ( Home ) ( Misc )
13:30 - 15:50 Prune the apples and pears ( East Shrub Border ) ( Walled Garden )
15:50 - 16:00 Clean and put and put away the tools ( Potting Shed ) ( Indoors )

Thursday, 21 January 2010
08:30 - 08:50 See to the sheep ( Field ) ( Misc )
08:50 - 09:20 Take the car ( Personal )
09:20 - 09:45 See to the greenhouses ( Glasshouses )
Checked and watered round.
09:45 - 10:30 Pruning ( East Wall ) ( Walled Garden )
Finished pruning the fruit trees in the walled garden.
10:30 - 10:50 Break for tea ( Home ) ( Misc )
10:50 - 12:45 Clearing up ( Veg Garden ) ( Walled Garden )
Made a start on clearing up all the prunings from the fruit trees.
12:45 - 13:30 Break for lunch ( Home ) ( Misc )
13:30 - 15:05 Clearing up ( East Shrub Border ) ( Walled Garden )
Finished clearing up the prunings.
15:05 - 15:30 Sorting out Gladioli ( Potting Shed ) ( Indoors )
Netted the Gladioli corms, there are just over 80.
15:30 - 15:50 See to the bins ( Hall ) ( Hall & Pumpend )
Put out 7 black bins.
15:50 - 16:00 Clean and put and put away the tools ( Indoors )

Friday, 22 January 2010
08:30 - 08:50 See to the sheep ( Field ) ( Misc )
1) Took across some hay.
2) Put out some minerals.
3) Checked and counted.
08:50 - 09:00 See to the greenhouses ( Glasshouses )
Had a check round.
09:00 - 09:30 Check round the gatden ( Misc )
Made some notes on what bedding seeds to order.
09:30 - 10:30 Seeing to a seed order ( Home ) ( Misc )
Made a start on putting together the seed orders for the summer bedding.
10:30 - 10:50 Break for tea ( Home ) ( Misc )
10:50 - 12:45 Continued with the seed order ( Home ) ( Misc )
12:45 - 13:30 Break for lunch ( Home ) ( Misc )
13:30 - 13:45 Go to the office ( Misc )
Went for cash I was owed for the peach tree.
13:45 - 14:30 Sowed seeds ( Potting Shed ) ( Indoors )
Sowed Tomato 'Alicante' and Cauliflower 'Mayflower'.
14:30 - 14:40 Clean and put and put away the tools ( Indoors )
14:40 - 16:00 Finished off the seed orders ( Home ) ( Misc )

Saturday, 23 January 2010
10:00 - 10:20 See to the sheep ( Field ) ( Misc )
10:30 - 10:50 See to the greenhouses ( Glasshouses )
Had a quick check round.

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