Another specimen of arrears in maintenance. Wilma had detected it already. I had seen it before with a half eye (as we say in Dutch). But last week I came to realise how serious it is (New Years Day). A good job for the Sunday. Well. It will be a good job for a couple of Sundays!

There is a fence at the back of the garden. It is not high. Made of wire-netting. and apart from that there is this green netting to keep the weeds at its place. Well. It’s holding things at its place. On both sides of the netting large bundles of rootstocks, as we know them from the jasmine. Meters and meters long and very strong (I measured lengths of up to 15 m.!). There are a lot of (interesting) shrubs along the fence. Closely packed together (needs thinning!) and the jasmine tends to climb in some of the shrubs already. And then there are roses. That makes the work such a pleasant job. I’m sorry to say that I have cut some of these roses back. They grew in the shadow.

01:00pm

I worked for two hours until now.

I’m quite sure the jasmine is Jasminum polyanthum

(see e.g. DOC – “Plant me instead” (Wellington 2005), p. 134)

Find photo’s I made in Kevin’s Bush and take some new ones.

05:00pm

Worked a third hour. Did today 10 m. of the total length of 15 of the garden. To be continued next week(end).

It was a sunny day, with thin clouds covering most of the sky in the morning. As the day went on the clouds became thinner and the sun hotter. No wind.

Worked a bit in Isobel’s garden.

Creeping jasmine must be cut out of the hedge at the back!

Brought a wheelbarrow of garden-rubbish to the compost-bin.

Checked the second compost-bin. It does well. It gets really hot inside. Good structure. Good colour. Turned a part of the first heap around and dumped good stuff into the second bin. First bin is doing well. It gets hot and I saw some worms!

Carried 5 wheelbarrows of compost from the rubbish dump to the compost-bin. Four in 1st bin, one into the second.

Wheelbarrow has a flat tyre!

Broadband connection down from about noon.