Seven Jobs for the week

That's why I need a list!!

Garden Jobs - Outstanding
Wk 1
Weed Rockery DONE
Weed the netted GH
Wk 2
Pot up tomato seedlings when large enough - NOT BIG ENOUGH
Cut leggy shoots from camellia and use as cuttings
WK 3
Plant Dianthus from GH if weather OK (It wasn't)
Sow Kermit Aubergines
Take cuttings of Perennial kale
Wk 4
Remove some Bamboo DONE
Fill a trug with couch grass
Weed Rhubarb
Cut down more brambles
Take more cuttings of anything! DONE
Pull up Montbretia DONE
Sow cucumbers

House Jobs:- Outstanding from Wk.1 - COMPLETED
Wk 2 Arrange for central heating boiler to be serviced. - NOT DONE
Wk 3 Defrost freezer
Wk 4
Take books to Morries Charity stall DONE
Take old batteries to recycling DONE
Eat something from the back of the cupboard - 2014 tin of lentils ++ DONE
Take unwanted clothes to Charity Clothes Bin
Sort and shred old paperwork DONE
Organise seeds into new boxes.
Water & clean up house plants.

Bit late to this party. Mostly because I’ve done absolutely nothing worth telling you about.
I’m also cheating slightly as I’m half way through the week. Sorry.

All house jobs
Monday - more research into wills & POA
Tuesday - rearranged living room furniture and touched up paint work.
Wednesday - fitting padlocks to all S sheds & sorting out keys, sowing edging on a carpet.
Thursday - (today) spring cleaning a holiday cottage kitchen & finishing sowing edging on carpet.
Friday - first time going to Oban in 2 years
Saturday - working
Sunday - I don’t know yet.

I wish I'd known I could have put fell, clear, log and transport three trees on the list as we've not done much else this week!!

Garden
Carried Over -
Prune Apples & pears

This week –
Wash pots for seeds
Weed rose bed, and mulch WEEDED, NOT MULCHED YET
Clear mulch, moss etc from steps DONE
Mulch climbing roses DONE
Cut back perennials in Arch Bed DONE
Mulch veg Bed 6 (tomatoes etc in 2022) DONE
Turn leaf pile DONE

Next week –
Mulch magnolia
Clear Veg Bed 11 and sow phacelia
Collect mole hills
Sort plastic under sowing bench
Plan which tomato seeds to sow
Cut edges of Hot Bed
Order nest boxes from LPO

Life/House
Carried Over -
Dust the spare room - no visitors since before Covid so it really needs it NOT DONE AGAIN

This week -
Clean top of kitchen wall units DONE
Dust top of cabinet in living room DONE
Clear out shelf under coffee table
Clean bath (never used, in the family bathroom)
Clean houseplant leaves
Email Aunt & Uncle
Wash cat basket blanket DONE

Next week –
Remove high level cobwebs
Wash loose covers on sofa
Cut tinder for the fire
Clean cupboard storing spuds and onions
Clean mirror in hall
Re-pot lemongrass (they’re house plants in the winter!)
Fill out pension paperwork

For DONE Jobs = see # 72
Garden Jobs - Outstanding
Wk 1 - Weed the netted GH
Wk 2
Pot up tomato seedlings when large enough - NOT BIG ENOUGH
Cut leggy shoots from camellia and use as cuttings
WK 3
Plant Dianthus from GH if weather OK (It wasn't)
Sow Kermit Aubergines
Take cuttings of Perennial kale
Wk 4
Weed Rhubarb
Sow cucumbers DONE 15/2

Wk 5
Sow DFBs DONE 15/2
Sow Courgettes
Dig up some Bamboo roots
Sort seeds to take to Seed Swap on 26/2 DONE
Clear up GH2 bench ready for seedlings
Prune an apple tree
Clear space for fruit plants that may be donated from friend's allotment

House Jobs to follow!!

Wk 5 Part 2 - House Jobs

House Jobs:- Outstanding from Wk.1 - COMPLETED
Wk 2 Arrange for central heating boiler to be serviced. - NOT DONE
Wk 3 Defrost freezer NOT DONE
Wk 4
Take unwanted clothes to Charity Clothes Bin NOT DONE
Organise seeds into new boxes. PART DONE

Wk5 
Eat something from the back of the cupboard. DONE - Homemade Mixed Fruit Jam Made 2017. Made from all the odds and ends in the freezer. Just a teeny spot of mould..
Pick and eat something "wild" - DONE Day lily shoots - taste like a cross between peas and lettuce.
Take more books to Morries - DONE
Tidy dining room (never used for that) - PART DONE - lamps & chairs given away.
Cook something from Hodmedods box - DONE Quinoa
Shred more old paperwork - DONE
Chuck more VHS tapes - DONE

Rubbish last week! And the weather isn't helping this week!

Week4
Carried over....

3#Move the 3 deep planters to a new location
3#Finish tidying the coal house
4#Start tidying plot shed
5#Finish tidying the plot shed

New

1#Pot on herbs
2#Move plastic gh frame at the plot and reinforce with tape
3#Harvest remaining parsnips
4#Sow more seeds
5#Move plastic raised bed netting frames at the plot and reinforce with tape
6#Peel/Chop & freeze veg
7#Sort out containers for the courgettes

1. Sow flower seeds - not done, but organising my seeds today!
2. Turn my big compost heap - not done
3. Shift all the concrete into a pile - almost done
4. Plant up the apple tree I just bought - Done!
5. Plant up the Victoria plum tree - Done!
6. Plant out the perennial kale - Done!
7. Go and dismantle the new (to me) 8x8 glass greenhouse - Done!

So that leaves my new list for this week:
1. Sow flower seeds
2. Turn my big compost heap - not done
3. Shift all the concrete into a pile - almost done
4. Empty the pond and give the fish away
5. Dig foundations for the new greenhouse base
6. Clear up the conservatory and make room for tomato seedlings
7. Start working on the overall design of the garden with Jay (summer house moving/replacing, shed deconstruction, chicken house deconstruction - the little one, barbeque/pizza entertainment area)

For DONE Jobs = see # 75
Garden Jobs - Outstanding
Wk 1 - Weed the netted GH
Wk 2 - Pot up tomato seedlings when large enough - NOT BIG ENOUGH
          Cut leggy shoots from camellia and use as cuttings
WK 3 - Plant Dianthus from GH if weather OK (It wasn't)
           Sow Kermit Aubergines
           Take cuttings of Perennial kale
Wk 4 - Weed Rhubarb
Wk 5 - Sow Courgettes
          Dig up some Bamboo roots - TOO WET
          Clear up GH2 bench ready for seedlings
          Prune an apple tree - TOO WET
          Clear space for fruit plants that may be donated from friend's allotment - TOO WET

Wk 6 - Plant Broad Bean seedlings
          Repair or remove damaged fence on Veg patch
         Replace polycarb in GH
         Clear broken branches
         Store bamboo canes to dry out
         Sow some flowers
         Pot up sweetpea seedlings

House Jobs to follow!!

This week's list
1. Sow flower seeds - not done due to weather and studies taking up too much of my time
2. Turn my big compost heap - not done (weather)
3. Shift all the concrete into a pile - almost done
4. Empty the pond and give the fish away - done!
5. Dig foundations for the new greenhouse base - not done (weather)
6. Clear up the conservatory and make room for tomato seedlings - not started due to the pond taking all my weekend
7. Start working on the overall design of the garden with Jay - we have begun the planning! New summer house facing the back the of the house with a barbeque and pizza oven social space in between. Everything beyond is my veggie patch

List for next week:
1. Sow flower seeds
2. Turn my big compost heap
3. Shift all the concrete into a pile
4. Dig foundations for the new greenhouse base - not done (weather)
5. Clear up the conservatory and make room for tomato seedlings
6. Pot up a dracaena cutting (cats knocked it off the main tree)
7. Sow more veggies