Up early (surprising as didn't get to bed until 11pm and was totally knackered when I woke up) but up town and walking dog by 5:30 so all good. Rich Doar's birthday so at Tescos just before 8am for fuddling purposes. Lot of stressful work over the course of the day. Back home for about 6.15. Tea. Dog Walk. Loaded car up and took stuff down lotty. Came back home cause thought missus wanted motor but she didn't. Down to lotty on bike anyway. Got mini row of peas in that had been done in gutter pipe in the greenhouse for months. Got a ton of weeding done on new plot. Got a short row of turnips in that will need serious thinning doing in due course. Put the three(!) sweet corn plants that came up in the greenhouse into plot 7. Watered everything then back home early for a change at 9.45. Have left covering over runner beans for time being.
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| Mini row of pea - raised in gutter in greenhouse |
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| Plot 13 is all but weeded now |
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| Plot 13 is all but fully populated now - odd gap here and there is all. |
Tuesday 9th June 2015
Leaving runner beans covered looks inspired as was scraping the car windscreen again this morning. Dog walked and home by 6.15. Into office for 8am after nipping to lotty to measure up the gap for me gate. - 29" I think (probably ought to measure again but I could move the gate post if necessary!!!
Got home from work about 6.10pm. Watched a bit of Women's World Cup - some proper industrial tackles going in. Had England vs New Zealand one day international on radio 4 - quality performance where have they been hiding Rashid you wonder? Down lotty with missus - finished weeding plot 7. Got some chairs on there too. Everything watered, walked home as missus went home early. Took a load of muck out of the big raised beds after first removing the pumpkin and butternut squashes. Dunked 3 barrowloads of muck and soil from the raised bed onto plot 7.
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| Plot 7 - fully weeded |
Watered everything and then walked home about 9:30pm
Wednesday 10th June 2015
Dentist day, oh joy. Woke up at 3.45 as it was already getting light, stopped in bed until 5.20. Took dog up town after scraping car (feeling mighty glad that I covered the beans up!) and fetched papers.
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| Scraped car for third time in June!! |
Into the office for 8am. Dentist at 4:30 (appointment at 4:00pm but not complaining). Tea. Dog walk. Lotty. Fence up thanks to nephew Ben's assistance. Have banged an extra post in at the front for a future second gate potentially.
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| Fence up |
Up early (5:20). Dog walked. No paper as she wouldn't go that way. Back home, brekky, ready for walk. Took the pooch out a second time walked to scrap yard near the terraces and back to make sure she did her business before getting off to work at 7.20am. Stopped off at Tesco's to get tat for another office birthday. After work the usual tea, dog walk routine then down lotty. Got 20 odd brassicas into new plot, got butternut squash and pumpkin on mounds, watered, netted the brassicas. Home for 10.15 and watering stuff there then!
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| Little brassica patch - definitely cabbages in it but no label with the others the bosskat bought (cauliflowers I reckon) |
Bed late, watched Punk Brittania and had a drinky poo too. All goosd stuff.
Friday 12th June 2015
Up late at 5.45 (reap as ye sow and all that). Dog walked, papers fetched into the office for 8.15 so not too bad. Have got football presentation tonight and then Chip's 50th to go to. Busy life. Nipped to lotty for ten minutes on way home to make sure weeds were bagged up ahead of rain coming in. Started raining while I was there - perfect timing. Netted the strawberries too as somethings had one of the ripe ones. Pesky varmints. Then home for tea and then off to Aztecs Football Presentation night - good fun and Lucy got Manager's player of the year award so a good night indeed.
Then to Chippy's Do at the Royal Oak - got there for 10:30, a pint and a burger - can't beat it!! Back home about midnight and cricket was on channel 5 - as I'd got no idea of the final result I thought I'll have some of that but was too tired to stay up for end of it so off to bed and still didn't know the result!
Saturday 13th June 2015
Up at 5.45 again - heard Phil go at 5:30 - gone off in a lorry with Steven to Portsmouth so we'll not see him all day!! Took the pooch out, got papers, fetched Piccy B brekko for me and Lucy. Did some work on the laptop, watered everything in the greenhouse - think I'm going to tidy the bugger up this afternoon. Took a load of weeds and what have you from the lotty to the tip and got things ready for when weather picks up again.
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| One of three trips to the tip with weeds and gubbins |
Bed early which got me into a bit of trouble.
Sunday 14th June 2015
Slept 11 hours. Still up early and took dog walk. Down lotty - got bean row up on new plot, and planted celeriac and a ruck of carrots, 1 butternut squash, foxglove in the corner. Am playing catchup so things need to get whizzing. Back home at 11am. Dog walked, another hour down the lotty and then walked back. Lunch at the Cross at 2:30. Back home - acquired shed delivered to lotty, back for last 30 minutes or so of Slovenia vs England - so saw the last four goals of the match - perfick. Dog walked, bits and bobs before final dog walk of the day and early bed for an early start.
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