Raspberry Pruning.

My Picture For Today.

A bouquet by Vicki.

  

Calendar For Today.
07:05 - 07:20
Get up and dressed ( Personal record )

07:20 - 07:30
Prepare the dogs dinner ( Personal record )

07:30 - 07:50
Walking the dogs ( Personal record )
Note: Took Tommy and Tess as far as the horse field.

08:00 - 08:30
Had breakfast ( Personal record )
Note: Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.

08:30 - 08:50
See to the sheep ( Work Book )
Note:
Took across some hay.
Checked and counted the sheep.

08:50 - 09:00
Check the fruit store ( Work Book )
Note: Check the mouse trap set yesterday, there was nothing in it.


09:00 - 09:15
See to the greenhouses ( Work Book )
Note: Checked round.

09:15 - 10:30
Potting up ( Work Book )
Note: Dug up some Chrysanths and put them into pots ready to take some cuttings from.

10:30 - 10:50
Break for tea. ( Personal record )
Note: Had a mug of tea and a couple of chocolate biscuits.

10:50 - 12:45
Pruning ( Work Book )
Note: Made a start on pruning the raspberries.

• Summer-fruiting raspberries behave like blackberries, fruiting on one-year-old canes that are cut out after harvest and then replaced by the young canes. I tie in each cane so that they are 4 to 6 inches apart and then trim of the end of each cane to a bud so leaving them around 5 feet tall.
• Autumn-fruiting varieties, however, are cut to the ground in late winter to make way for new canes that will grow from the base and fruit the same year.

12:45 - 13:30
Break for lunch ( Personal record )
Note: Had four lemon curd sandwiches, five lemon curd fingers, a mince pie and a mug of tea.

13:30 - 15:40
Pruning ( Work Book )
Note: Continued to prune and tie in the raspberries

15:40 - 15:50
Clean and put away the tools ( Work Book )

15:50 - 16:00
See to the bins ( Work Book )
Note: Put out the black bins and recycle tubs.

16:00 - 17:00
Walking the dogs ( Personal record )
Note: Took tess round the big block.

17:00 - 17:15
See to the fire ( Personal record )
Note:
Raked over the coals.
Put on more coal.
Filled the coal bucket.


17:15 - 17:30
Got changed ( Personal record )

17:30 - 19:00
Had dinner ( Personal record )
Note:
Had mashed potato, sausages and baked beans.
Also watched 'Future Dog Fights' on TV.

19:00 - 22:00
On the PC ( Personal record )
Note:
Did some work on my calendar.
Did some more things on my blog.
Set up a dropbox account for Vicki.

22:00 - 22:15
Fed the dogs ( Personal record )

22:15 - 22:45
Had some supper ( Personal record )
Note: Had a mug of tea

22:45 - 23:00
Went to bed ( Personal record )