9th January (Forking rose Border’s).

1. See to the dogs - Fed and watered. Cleaned the kennels. Left in the garden.

2. Take away the Christmas tree from the barn to the burn pile.

3. See to the sheep - Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep. Checked the water trough.

4. See to the greenhouses - Checked and watered round.

5. Tidying - Finished off pruning the roses in the rose garden.

6. Break for tea.

7. Forking - Made a start on forking over the rose beds in the rose garden.

8. Break for lunch.

9. Continued to fork over the rose beds.

10. Packing up - Cleaned and put away the tools.

11. See to the dogs - Fed and put away the dogs.

12. See to the bins - Put our the blue bins and tubs for collection tomorrow.