Feed Up The Bedding.

MY CASTLE HOWARD PICTURE FOR TODAY

JOHN’S JOKES
A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm, and says:
'A beer please, and one for the road.'

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: 11C
Temp High: 25C
Rainfall: 1mm
Cont. Days Without Rain: 0
Dry Days This Month: 13
Wind Level For The Day 10
Pressure: 990.3
Weather: Mostly sunny with a shower in the late 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 sheep and lambs
Field
Misc
Tue 25/08/2009 08:00
Tue 25/08/2009 08:20
20 minutes
Checked and counted the sheep.

See to the greenhouses
Glasshouses
Tue 25/08/2009 08:20
Tue 25/08/2009 08:30
10 minutes
Had a quick look round.

Dead heading
Courtyard
Public Gardens
Tue 25/08/2009 08:30
Tue 25/08/2009 09:40
70 minutes
Finished the dead heading I started yesterday.

Tie in Tayberry etc.
Walled Garden
Tue 25/08/2009 09:40
Tue 25/08/2009 10:10
30 minutes

Feed roses
Memorial Gardens
Walled Garden
Tue 25/08/2009 10:10
Tue 25/08/2009 10:40
30 minutes
Memorial beds.

Break for tea
Home
Misc
Tue 25/08/2009 10:30
Tue 25/08/2009 10:50
20 minutes

Earth up the potatoes
Veg Garden
Walled Garden
Tue 25/08/2009 10:50
Tue 25/08/2009 11:35 45 minutes
There were a few miancrop potatoes starting show through the side of the row so I needed to either cover them or pick them so as they aren't mine to pick I had to try and cover them.

Spray roses
Walled Garden
Tue 25/08/2009 11:35
Tue 25/08/2009 12:35
1 hour Sprayed against black spot and mildew etc.

Cut back the daisies
Raised beds
Walled Garden
Tue 25/08/2009 12:35
Tue 25/08/2009 12:45
10 minutes

Break for lunch
Home
Misc
Tue 25/08/2009 12:45
Tue 25/08/2009 13:30
45 minutes

Feed the spring bedding
Walled Garden
Tue 25/08/2009 13:30
Tue 25/08/2009 15:30
2 hours
Wallflowers and polyanthus. Fed with pelleted poultry manure.


Pick up fallen apples
Walled Garden
Tue 25/08/2009 15:30
Tue 25/08/2009 16:00
30 minutes

Hoeing
East Shrub Border
Walled Garden
Tue 25/08/2009 16:00
Tue 25/08/2009 16:45
45 minutes

Dead head the roses and Dahlia's
Walled Garden
Tue 25/08/2009 16:45
Tue 25/08/2009 17:15
30 minutes

Clean and put away the tools.
Potting Shed
Misc
Tue 25/08/2009 17:15
Tue 25/08/2009 17:30
15 minutes

COMMENTS FROM THE POTTING
Jeanette My motivation is to have the garden looking perfect even though I know I will never attain this. What I meant yesterday was that all through the spring I was getting the garden ready for the family coming for the summer holidays. Then when they decided not to spend the summer here I turned my attention to the garden party. Now that is over there is nothing to work towards other than clearing the to-do list.