Hi,
As usual I'm bogged down with so many jobs to do; I've been jokingly retired for 23 years and still don't know what retirement is other than swapping a highly stressful job to now working flat out every day of the year running to catch up.
I'm not in the least complaining I enjoy being so busy. I'm currently making a vanity unit for the bathroom I've converted into a shower room and have just knocked of for a mug of coffee and to check if Bron needs or wants anything before resuming hostilities in the workshop. After many months of heavy rain the sun has finally graced us with its rare presence so I'm making the most of it.
I had to break off yesterday in order to get part of our rear garden back under control; it was becoming badly overgrown. I strimmed it then rotavated the lot in so it should give me a respite to crack on with the vanity unit.
Newly created flower beds hand weeded.
More hand weeding; the weeds will soon be back up again.
Rotavating weeds in; I'd no intention of hand weeding this lot.
The same area being rotavated; it's difficult because the garden is so steep but quicker than spade digging.
I've also weeded the street edge in front of the bungalow but decided to use "Pistol" herbicide; whilst I had the pistol out I also sprayed the lane edge at the top of our rear mountain and being so fed up of patches of weeds laughing at me I sprayed these too. I dislike spraying weedkiller but there just aren't enough hours in a day. Two years ago I removed 15 huge trees in 14 days logging the thick trunks and heavy branches; this was incredibly hard work whilst it was raining and sleeting. Last August I removed two more huge trees one a very big oak which which was overhanging our bungalow kitchen roof and patio area; pigeons were using the branches as toilet seats bombing everything below making it a chore each day cleaning up after them. All the trees were dangerous in high wind; we've had a number blown down.
Got to go I can't sit around long with so much to do; I'll keep popping on time permitting.
Kind regards, Col.
As usual I'm bogged down with so many jobs to do; I've been jokingly retired for 23 years and still don't know what retirement is other than swapping a highly stressful job to now working flat out every day of the year running to catch up.
I'm not in the least complaining I enjoy being so busy. I'm currently making a vanity unit for the bathroom I've converted into a shower room and have just knocked of for a mug of coffee and to check if Bron needs or wants anything before resuming hostilities in the workshop. After many months of heavy rain the sun has finally graced us with its rare presence so I'm making the most of it.
I had to break off yesterday in order to get part of our rear garden back under control; it was becoming badly overgrown. I strimmed it then rotavated the lot in so it should give me a respite to crack on with the vanity unit.
Newly created flower beds hand weeded.
More hand weeding; the weeds will soon be back up again.
Rotavating weeds in; I'd no intention of hand weeding this lot.
The same area being rotavated; it's difficult because the garden is so steep but quicker than spade digging.
I've also weeded the street edge in front of the bungalow but decided to use "Pistol" herbicide; whilst I had the pistol out I also sprayed the lane edge at the top of our rear mountain and being so fed up of patches of weeds laughing at me I sprayed these too. I dislike spraying weedkiller but there just aren't enough hours in a day. Two years ago I removed 15 huge trees in 14 days logging the thick trunks and heavy branches; this was incredibly hard work whilst it was raining and sleeting. Last August I removed two more huge trees one a very big oak which which was overhanging our bungalow kitchen roof and patio area; pigeons were using the branches as toilet seats bombing everything below making it a chore each day cleaning up after them. All the trees were dangerous in high wind; we've had a number blown down.
Got to go I can't sit around long with so much to do; I'll keep popping on time permitting.
Kind regards, Col.