10th January (Continued Forking The Rose Beds).

1. See to the dogs - Fed and watered. Cleaned the kennels. Left in the garden but had to return after feeding the sheep as one of them was barking and clear on edge about something so I returned them to the outdoor run just to be on the safe side.

2. See to the sheep - Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep.

3. See to the greenhouses - Checked and watered round. Discovered the conservatory door open, not sure if the boss left it open or what.

4. Finished edging the grass around the rose beds.

5. Break for tea.

6. Continued forking the rose beds.

7. Break for lunch.

8. Continued forking the rose beds.

9. Packing up.

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

11. See to the bins - Put away the bins and tubs.

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.

8th January (Removed the tree from the hall).

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

2. See to the sheep - Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep.

3. See to the greenhouses - Checked and watered round. Potted on plant.

4. Pruning - Did some rose pruning in the Rose Garden.

5. Break for tea.

6. Seeing to the logs - Filled the log box and coal buckets in the hall.

7. Removed the Christmas tree from the hall.

8. Break for lunch.

9. Clearing leaves - Cleared and carted away the leaves from the rose garden.

10. Packing up.

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

7th January (Back To Work).

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

2. See to the sheep - Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep.

See to the greenhouses - Checked and watered round.

3. Chatting to Bert and Pete about some work to be done in the gardens.

4. Break for tea

5. Estate work - Removed all the Christmas things from the church.

6. Break for lunch.

7. Pruning - Pruned some roses in the rose garden as I need to get on the beds to tidy them.

8. Servicing - Oiled the cutting deck from the tractor.

9. Repotting - Potted on some Echiums.

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

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

Tess wants to open her presents.

Tess has been on all day wanting to open her presents. She even knows which are hers some how, must be because they have ‘Tess’ written on them.

20th December (working on the dog runs passage).

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

2. Tidying - Cleared leaves from the dog runs passage. Trimmed some Ivy growing on a wall and removed some that was growing on the game larder. Removed weeds from dog runs and swept out.

The dog runs passage.

3. Collected three house plants from the hall and took to the greenhouse.

4. Break for tea.

5. See to the sheep - Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep.

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

7. Break for lunch.

8. Tidying - Tidied the conservatory. Threw away any unwanted plants. Swept the floor. Planted two potted roses in a gap in the rose garden.

The old conservatory.

9. Packing up.

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

19th December (Leaf Clearing).

1. See to the dogs - Fed and watered. Cleaned the kennels. Left in the garden.
2. See to the sheep - Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep. Messaged Richard for more hay to be delivered so that I don’t run out over the holidays.
3. Carting off - Carted away to the new leaf pile some of the leaves I raked up on Monday.
4. Break for tea.
5. Carting off - Finished carting off the leaves raked up on Monday.
6. Sweeping leaves - Swept the leaves from the main drive and North Front.
7. Break for lunch.
8. Clearing leaves - Cleared the leaves from around the potting shed.

9. Packing up.

10. See to the bins - Put out the black bins for collection tomorrow.

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

18th December (A wet day).

1. See to the dogs - Fed and watered. Cleaned the kennels. Left in the garden until the rain came.
2. See to the sheep - Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep.
3. Cleared a space by the compost bins for a new leaf pile.
4. Break for tea.
5. Seeing to greenhouse work - Did some watering. Tidied up some plants.
6. Seeing to the logs - Went to the hall and filled the log box and buckets.

The log box.

7. Break for lunch.

8. Office work - Planned out some jobs for after Christmas. Looked through some plant catalogues as it was still throwing it down.

9. Packed up.

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

17th December. (Time to remove the mower deck).

1. See to the dogs - Fed and watered. Cleaned the kennels. Left in the garden.
2. See to the sheep - Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep.
3. See to the greenhouses - Checked round.
4. Servicing - Removed the cutting deck from the tractor.
5. Break for tea.
6. Servicing - Cleaned off the cutting deck and put to store in the potting shed. I will need to oil the underneath and grease the bearings when dry.
   
7. Break for lunch.
8. Clearing leaves - Cleared leaves from the garden house steps. Cleared leaves from the Daffodil banks.

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

10. Seeing to the dogs - Fed and put away the dogs.

13th December. (By some miracle it started).

1. See to the - Put down fresh water. Cleaned the kennels. Left Blondie in the garden. Willow was away with the boss who fed them before leading. 
2. See to the sheep - Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep. 
3. See to greenhouses - Checked roundabout. Prepared some plants for the hall. 
4. Servicing - I couldn't get the leaf blower to start the other day so I cleaned it up a bit as I was going to call the repair shop and book it in for some work to be carried out. Luckily I decided to give it another try before calling them and amazingly it started as normal so I don't know what was matter with it the other day. 
5. Shopping - Went to Markham Grange garden center for some Algon to treat the slippery paving. 
6. Break for tea. 
7. Spraying - Treated any slippery paving with Algon. 
8. Break for lunch. 
9. Orchard work - Cleared up any apples lying in the grass. Cut the grass. 
10. Packing up. 
11. See to Blondie - Fed and put away. Willow had not returned. 

The Orchard.