Sort of doing not much, but also sort of feeling like I’m
getting somewhere!
I discovered a couple of weeks ago that some thieving git
had nicked folding pruning saw, so santa bought me another one. Momma P and I were
up at our respective plots (she has branched out and now has her own) and she
found… my folding pruning saw! So now I have two, but I am happy to have my old
one back as it is slightly bigger than my new one. Before we found the old saw,
I used my shiny new one to harshly cut down the dogwood. I planted this as I wanted
to harvest the coppice stems to use for weaving, but I’ve had to let it grow
for a few years to get it to the stage it can be coppiced.
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| All cut down. |
I also discovered, maybe last week that my bottom hinge
(hehehe) had sheared off, so I put it on my ever growing to-do list to buy new
hinges. The goddess of new hinges spoke, and I had three new slightly longer
ones bought, to replace the two old hinges and add a third in the middle of the
door. Well it turns out that I have four batons on the inside of the door, so
when funds allow, I will buy a fourth hinge for the right hand door, and four
new ones for the left door. The hinges came from Wilkos and are only £1.50 each! Bargain. They look well good too.
I have painted my new bee box a glorious bright sunny yellow
and am still deciding where to put it and how to fix it to wherever it’s going
to go.
At home I have cracked on with painting gravel boards for
Momma P’s new plot. I have also painted the side of the house, a paving slab,
the floor, and my glasses.
I have started my new full time job this week so allotment
time is now going to be relegated mostly to weekends. I have printed off my
bed-by-bed to-do list and I have a plan for what I’m going to grow this year. I
need to write a list of the main jobs that I can get done with minimal
financial input and aim to get them done this month. When that first payday
hits, ooooooooooooooooooohh boy! Big Wickes order here I come…!
