Work Book (Week 17).

----- 26 April 2010 -----
See to the sheep
08:30-08:50 (Field)
Checked and counted the sheep.
Put out some minerals.

See to the greenhouse work
08:50-10:30
Watered round.
Put out the hardening off trolleys.
Trained the sweet peas and geraniums.
Repotted a standard pelargonium.

Break for tea
10:30-10:50 (Home)

Planting
10:50-12:00 (Veg Garden)
Planted maincrop potatoes.

Planting
12:00-12:45 (Veg Garden)
Planted lettuce, rocket and spicy greens mix.

Break for lunch
12:45-13:30 (Home)

Forking
13:30-16:00 (Rose Garden)
Finished forking over the rose garden.

Repairing the earn
16:00-16:50 (Main Garden)
Glued the top of the repaired earn to it’s base on the wall.

Clean and put away the tools
16:50-17:00 (Potting Shed)

See to the greenhouses
20:45-21:15
Shut the vents and took in the trolley’s.

----- 27 April 2010 -----
See to the sheep
08:30-08:50 (Field)
Checked and counted the sheep.
See to the greenhouses

09:50-10:50
1) Checked and watered round.
2) Removed the insulation from the hot house.
3) Potted up the Melons into their permanent positions on the hothouse staging.

Break for tea
10:30-10:50 (Home)

Seeing to the strawberry bed
11:10-12:45 (Veg Garden)

Break for lunch
12:45-13:30 (Home)

Seeing to the Strawberries
13:30-17:00 (Veg Garden)

----- 28 April 2010 -----
See to the sheep
08:30-08:50 (Field)
Ckecked and counted the sheep and lambs.

See to the greenhouses
08:50-09:50
Water round.

Clear boxes away
09:50-10:00 (Pumpend)
Took away some boxes and a couple of old brushes.

Cleaned filter
10:00-10:30 (Potting Shed)
Cleaned the diesel filter on the tractor.

Break for tea
10:30-10:50 (Home)

Clearing up
10:50-11:00 (Veg Garden)
Picked up the rubbish from yesterdays work on the strawberries.

Mowing
11:00-13:00 (Lawns)
Mowed all the lawns in the walled garden with the tractor.

Break for lunch
12:45-13:30 (Home)

Mowing the rough grass
13:45-15:30 (The Green)

Mowing
15:30-16:30 (Courtyard)

Clearing up
16:30-17:00 (Lawns)
Raked and picked up some of the grass from the cutting this morning. The tractor blows the grass in to rows so its not a big job to pick it up and the job looks better for it.

Clean and put away the tools
17:00-17:15 (Potting Shed)

----- 29 April 2010 -----
See to the sheep
08:30-08:50 (Field)

Water the Monteray pine
08:50-09:00 (Cemetry)
I was told there was water in the cemetry so I went with an empty watering can but could find no water anywhere so it was a wasted journey.

See to the greenhouses
09:00-10:00

Water the troughs
10:00-10:30

Break for tea
10:30-10:50 (Home)

Mowing
10:50-12:00 (Lawn)

Mowing
12:00-12:45 (North Front)

Break for lunch
12:45-13:30 (Home)

Plant out Gladioli
13:30-14:00

Removed blanket weed
14:00-14:30
Remove blanket weed from lily pond.

Weed the gravel
14:30-16:30 (Herb Garden)

Clean and put away the tools
16:30-17:00 (Potting Shed)
Put out the black bins

----- 30 April 2010 -----
See to the sheep
08:30-08:50 (Field)
Checked and counted the sheep and lambs.

See to the greenhouses
08:50-09:30
Watered round, put out the trolleys and added more compost to the potatoes in pots.

Cut down the Laburnums
09:30-10:30 (Main Drive)
There two self set Laburnums growing from the base of the house wall so I cut them down before they got any bigger.

Break for tea
10:30-10:50 (Home)

Planting
10:50-13:00 (Veg Garden)
Planted
Red Onions
Leeks
Two types of Lettuce
Peas
Beetroot

Break for lunch
13:00-13:45 (Home)

Hoe gravel
13:45-16:40
Hoe the gravel on the South Front

Clean and put away the tools
16:40-16:50 (Potting Shed)

See to the greenhouses
16:50-17:00
Close the vents and take in the trolleys.

See to the bins
17:00-17:10 (Hall)
Put back all the bins and tubs.