Yawn Yawn, Wakey Wakey...!!!! MK8...

Good morning all my friends,I trust that you are all feeling just great on this Bonus of a November morning,enjoy your day and wear that bestest smile and above all stay safe,This morning I am going to have my flue jab and then the rest of the day belongs to yours truly

 

Aloha everyone,

The tree surgeons were here from dawn to dusk and did a lot of work. They'll be back in the new year to do some more work.

When I've got my before and after photos done I'll post them on the 'what have you been doing today' thread.

The two biggest jobs were giving the willow a haircut and reducing six conifers by about 20ft or more. They also thinned out a very overgrown large cherry prunus, reshaped our twisted hazel and removed dead and dying branches from some of the big trees. Even with their giant chipper they filled up two lorries!

Sarafi was a bit disgusted with all the noise and, after warning off their dog (he attempted to eat the lamb skin and fat that I had taken off a leg of lamb), slept in the greenhouse all day.

I shall get out there soon and see what needs tidying up. They had to remove Rosemary (the statue) and I've just noticed that they've put her back wonky. So I'll have to rearrange her. I'll also check up on the buddha that they moved.

Have a great day

Aloha!

 

Good morning all my friends hope you are all OK,have a great day and take care

 

Aloha Woo and everyone,

I'm hoping the lawns will be dry enough to mow. It's the longest I've ever let them grow at this time of year and I'm not happy about it . It's also in a mess from the tree work. Apart from from big muddy patches where they had to keep dragging the branches away there are holes where the big branches hit the ground. They've also damaged some of my lawn edges . They did the best they could but they didn't use any anti-gravity equipment

Yesterday was the first day without all the light being cut out by the trees and it turned out to be the murkiest and dampest day we've had for ages!

Ah well! Today will be nice and bright. So I can start to get things done.

Have a great day

Aloha!

 

Good evening all my friends I managed to get down the Health Centre and tidy all 60 Roses up this morning, have a lovely evening

 

Did you use a hedge cutter? A serious question as there was some research done a few years ago and they found that the best result the following year (they did a number of trials, alongside each other, of at least six different ways of pruning them) was the one done that way!

 

Good evening Shiney I did use a hedge trimmer once when I was head gardener at Cobham Hall,on a rose border with over 100 Queen Elizabeth ,it went OK but I prefer Secateurs as it is easier to cut all the canes in the same direction (sloping the same way) so that the rain runs off them,and it's quieter plus its much more rewarding and relaxing and its a cleaner cut

 

Good points

I'm a bit on the annoyed side this evening. We've had another five power cuts today!

Shineyland will have to think about installing its own power station.