FIRST DAY OF THE HOLIDAYS;
100 degrees in the garden.
Today has been the most glorious hot summers day imaginable. The first day of the holidays and I couldn’t have asked for better weather. In fact, it was rather too warm considering I have been fighting with my hedge all day. I decided to actually DO what I’ve considered doing for the last couple of years, which is cut my hedge down to size and make it more manageable to maintain. A couple of weeks ago I bought myself an electric hedge trimmer with this task in mind, but, when it came down to it I was too chicken to use the dam thing and have snipped away with a pair of garden sheers, a pair of pruning secateurs and for the bigger branches a saw. It was so hot I only managed to work in half hour stints and then had to come in for a quick drink and a play on the computer. But; by 5.30 I had made enough progress to stop work for the day. I should finish the job tomorrow, funny how satisfying it is to do something physically challenging that shows visible results. I feel a great sense of achievement as I stand and look at what I have done today.100 degrees in the garden.
The hedge is just the first of a long list of chores I want to tackle over the summer. I’m not sure how much I will get done but I am quite determined to do as much as I can, the list is quite long ……….
1. Re-paint all my blue fences with blue wood preserver
2. Paint the doors and wrought iron gates with the high gloss blue paint I have stored in the shed
3. Employ a workman to do a little cement work around the edge of the rockery, the edge of the ‘pond’ and fix the render on the shed walls.
4. Fill my ‘pond’ and make a mosaic to go round the edge after the workman has finished.
5. Make a mosaic to go around the rockery after the workman has finished.
6. Buy some masonry paint and paint the walls once the workman has fixed the render.
Think that’s just about it for the garden, a very long list to tackle in just over 6 weeks but, I’m not going away and the weather looks set to stay hot. So, with a little luck and some perseverance I should be able to manage quite a lot. Wish me luck.
Oh forgot to say, included this photo cos it was so hot at one stage I bought my clock/temp gauge down to see what it said out side in the garden, click on it to enlarge and look at the temp!!!!, no idea how accurate this is but Scotland doesn't usually get this hot.
