Cut the grass yesterday to manageable levels and chopped the top off the moss this morning. Not a reed left upright ... hardly... I now have stripes but maybe not the sort you'd think.
Little skiff of rain went over so called lunchtime and now back to the wicket after coffee and cake.
Enjoying a well deserved cuppa following a brutal chopping of the back privet. It was very overgrown and it's top tips must have been nearly 8ft high
I blame the weather, either too wet or too hot previously
Aching arms from using long handled hand shears, the electric ones are too heavy for me to use on these monsters. It's not even one of my jobs, comes under the list of "high things", (like changing lightbulbs) for Mr Kitty to take care of.
Hedge cutting is a killer for the arms! I get 'wobbly' arms if they are extended for long spells. I don't do anything that requires a ladder... I've never even been in my loft! Such a girl!
Been cooler the last few days. Have finished weeding the upper middle bed, have weeded, dead headed and staked in the end bed and have weeded a bit and pruned in the lower middle bed. Have harvested veg, runner beans in full swing, and done a lot of watering.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hello , early evening , cleaned water butts as nearly empty in stream at side of garden , the main one was a bit smelly with sediment from roof , will fill them up tomorrow with water from stream
Spent morning at allotment , will go there tomorrow to dig up some potatoes , clean a couple of beds where o/h has taken up shallots for pickling
Made a pretty summer planter of Violas with my niece and she took it home to put next to her Wendy-house. Later this afternoon I was on sweeping duty post yew hedge trimming. I divide my garden sweepings and trimmings into sections: evergreen/robust stuff goes in the garden recycling bin, softer bits go in composter and twigs/branches go in woody pile for other uses.
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Beautiful up here
Have done one and half hours pruning so a light lunch now then more pruning!
Cut the grass yesterday to manageable levels and chopped the top off the moss this morning. Not a reed left upright ... hardly...
I now have stripes but maybe not the sort you'd think. 
Little skiff of rain went over so called lunchtime and now back to the wicket after coffee and cake.
Enjoying a well deserved cuppa following a brutal chopping of the back privet. It was very overgrown and it's top tips must have been nearly 8ft high
I blame the weather, either too wet or too hot previously
Aching arms from using long handled hand shears, the electric ones are too heavy for me to use on these monsters. It's not even one of my jobs, comes under the list of "high things", (like changing lightbulbs) for Mr Kitty to take care of.
It's funny how jobs are delegated.
We did "froo froos" and "hedges and ditches".
My mum and dad called it hem stitching and whitewashing. (Neither did either
)
It's purely down to logic pp, these are jobs he can do without the need for a stepladder.
Not much to ask when I do everything else. Cooking, cleaning, laundry, decorating, general diy, lawnmowing............... ?
Hedge cutting is a killer for the arms! I get 'wobbly' arms if they are extended for long spells. I don't do anything that requires a ladder... I've never even been in my loft! Such a girl!
Been cooler the last few days. Have finished weeding the upper middle bed, have weeded, dead headed and staked in the end bed and have weeded a bit and pruned in the lower middle bed. Have harvested veg, runner beans in full swing, and done a lot of watering.
Hello , early evening , cleaned water butts as nearly empty in stream at side of garden , the main one was a bit smelly with sediment from roof , will fill them up tomorrow with water from stream
Spent morning at allotment , will go there tomorrow to dig up some potatoes , clean a couple of beds where o/h has taken up shallots for pickling
still sitting outside not long had dinner
hope alls well with everybody
Made a pretty summer planter of Violas with my niece and she took it home to put next to her Wendy-house. Later this afternoon I was on sweeping duty post yew hedge trimming. I divide my garden sweepings and trimmings into sections: evergreen/robust stuff goes in the garden recycling bin, softer bits go in composter and twigs/branches go in woody pile for other uses.