1 April 2009

Finishing Off The Rock Garden.

MY PENNINE WAY PICTURE FOR TODAY
The river South Tyne near Slaggyford.


Slaggyford


TODAYS WEATHER READINGS
Temp Low: 4C
Temp High: 19C
Feels Like: 7 to 20C
Precipitation: 0 mm
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind Direction: SE
UV Index: Low
Weather: Mostly sunny.

MY WORK BOOK

See to the sheep
Field
Misc
Wed 01/04/2009 08:00
Wed 01/04/2009 08:20
20 minutes
Checked and counted the sheep.

See to greenhouse work
Indoors
Wed 01/04/2009 08:20
Wed 01/04/2009 09:30
70 minutes
Took out the trolley, check seeds and seedlings, moved some plants into consevatory and potted on some plants.

Check the fire supplies
Cellar
Hall
Wed 01/04/2009 09:30
Wed 01/04/2009 10:00
30 minutes
Took up 4 baskets of logs and 1 bucket of coal.

Break for tea
Home
Misc
Wed 01/04/2009 10:00
Wed 01/04/2009 10:20
20 minutes

Feeding
Fruit and around the wall
Walled Garden
Wed 01/04/2009 10:20
Wed 01/04/2009 11:30
70 minutes
Fed blood, fish and bone meal to all the wall side plants and fruit bushes & trees.

Shopping
Garden Centre
Misc
Wed 01/04/2009 11:30
Wed 01/04/2009 12:15
45 minutes
Went for some compost.

Shopping
Filling Station
Misc
Wed 01/04/2009 12:15
Wed 01/04/2009 12:45
30 minutes
Went for some petrol for the mowers, got £15 worth.

Break for lunch
Home
Misc
Wed 01/04/2009 12:45
Wed 01/04/2009 13:30
45 minutes

Forking
North Front
Public Gardens
Wed 01/04/2009 13:30
Wed 01/04/2009 17:00
3.5 hours
Finished forking over the rock garden. There were quite a lot of perennial weeds to be dug out.

See to the bins
Hall
Misc
Wed 01/04/2009 17:00
Wed 01/04/2009 17:10
10 minutes
Put out Franks green bin, there was nothing to put out for the hall.

Clean and put away the tools
Potting Shed
Indoors
Wed 01/04/2009 17:10
Wed 01/04/2009 17:30
20 minutes

Seeing to the greenhouses
Greenhouse & Conservatory
Indoors
Wed 01/04/2009 19:30
Wed 01/04/2009 19:45
15 minutes
Put on the heaters, closed any vents still open and put in the trolley.


BOB’S BANQUETS
Breakfast: 1 mug of tea and 3 Shredded Wheat
Tea Break: 1 mug of tea.
Lunch: 1 mug of tea, 4 cheese sandwiches and 1 apple.
Dinner: 1 mug of tea, fish and chips.

COMMENTS FROM THE POTTING SHED
Red Clover What a really good question and one I can’t rightly answer straight off. I wonder in fact if maybe you have to divide it up a little because as the year goes round you take on different types of work so things are always changing, I will have to give it more thought and let you know.
Jeanette The tea cakes are also known as hot cross buns, it’s like bread with currants in. I saw a bit of what it’s like in your part of the world last weekend, even got to look at some of the fire damage with Mark Webber.
The Weaver of Grass I think that makes a lot of sense, apart from the roses enjoying the rough treatment it would be great seeing them ripping your worst enemy to shreds!!!

4 comments:

Sara said...

OK, are you really feeding your plants fish? What are blood fish? I have never heard of such a thing.

Adi said...

Hi Bob, I liked your sheep. I am surprised they were black.
Jim likes your sandwiches, he had two tonight, each was one long slice of bread with liverwurst, lettuce, and mustard. I got to eat some of the crust. He doesn't drink much tea, he had a glass of water with no ice.
We know hot cross buns, they were in a nursery rhyme Jim used to read me.
Come see us, cheers,
..
BTW, Jim used the Brit to English Dictionary today to look up 'sod.' That reminded him to come visit The Gardner.
..

Jeanette said...

Gday Bob,
Ah I will be buying fresh hot cross buns from our local bakery next week for Easter.Unlike Jim Im not a big sandwich eater and cheese sandwiches Yuk. My favorite is Chicken Avocado,and the kettles on for a cuppa tea every chance I get..Any more new lambs?..

Dreadnought said...

Sara Sorry, I missed out the comma, I actually feed them on fish, blood and bone meal

Adi You sound like my Tommy, he’s partial to a crust or two. I will be glad when the summer comes and I can have tomato and lettuce and what have you. We have tomatoes from the shop but you might as well eat fresh air for all the taste there is in them so I don’t bother.

Jeanette Yes there were 2 more lambs this morning. I mainly have sandwiches because I only have 45 minutes for lunch so I just want to get something quick and sit down for a while. I don’t mind sandwiches though.