{"id":2043,"date":"2018-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-11-march-avoiding-showers\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:19","slug":"sunday-11-march-avoiding-the-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-11-march-avoiding-the-showers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 11 March – Avoiding the Showers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week\u2019s blog<\/a> stated that, weather permitting, I would continue to work in the garden and progressing Grange.\u00a0 Well, while the weather was considerably warmer than the previous week, it was much much wetter.\u00a0 However, I did manage to alternate between the 2 tasks and progress both \u2013 although I would have been able to make much more progress had it been drier!<\/p>\n

Having started to clear the flower bed at the north end of the orchard on my own the previous week, this week, with David on hand to pull on a rope, we managed to clear the remainder of the bed.<\/p>\n

\"Orchard<\/a><\/p>\n

At the same time, we have cut down the penultimate apple tree which remained in, what we will continue to call, the orchard.\u00a0 This tree was the least productive of all the trees which were in the orchard when we arrived, and was evidently not in great health.\u00a0 Having cut it down we saw that much of the centre of the trunk had rotted away at the base which explained why it was in poor health and, in time, may have caused it to fall naturally.<\/p>\n

\"Orchard's<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tree<\/a><\/p>\n

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Since cutting all the trees down the weather has remained pretty wet so I am yet to clear the wood off the lawn and we have not yet enlarged the bed or planted.\u00a0 Actually, having cut the trees down we like the huge change in the amount of light getting to Hayloft and our own bed so when we do plant the remaining cherries, we will probably put them elsewhere anyway!<\/p>\n

\"Orchard<\/a><\/p>\n

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Also with Dave able to assist with the felling, we cut down 2 more trees on one of our boundaries to allow more sunlight into our neighbour\u2019s garden.\u00a0 We would like to fell another 8 when the weather allows, all of which are pretty thin and feeble being self-set many years before and only prevent the stronger trees growing properly.<\/p>\n

We are at least starting to make a large stockpile of firewood which will be great in a couple of years when it is seasoned.<\/p>\n

As the weather has remained showery \u2013 very showery \u2013 for the majority of the week, I changed focus back to completing the plastic lambris ceiling in the car bays of Grange.\u00a0 I managed to finish all 4 bays after 3 days work which has allow me to start cladding inside the bays themselves.\u00a0 Sadly, I didn\u2019t get very far as the wood had become saturated even under the tarpaulin I had put it.\u00a0 This makes it difficult to cut and liable to shrink when it is attached and dries out so I prefer to wait and clad when the wood is already dry.<\/p>\n

\"Grange<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, as hoped in last week\u2019s blog, we did manage to move our wardrobes from our own bedroom to the space we had created last week on the landing so we are now even making progress in our own home \u2013 it\u2019s only taken to our 4th\u00a0 year!<\/p>\n

With the wet weather, David has been able to progress some maintenance in Priory’s bathroom and repaint the floor among other things.<\/p>\n

This year David has volunteered to become involved in the village\u2019s Comit\u00e9 des f\u00eates which arranges many of the social events in the village.\u00a0 On Friday, we joined them for, what we thought was to be a meeting in the pub \u2013 best location!\u00a0 However, it turned out to be more a social event and we spent some time discussing the following day\u2019s \u2018Le Crunch\u2019 rugby match between France and England.\u00a0 However, after yesterday\u2019s lacklustre performance by the English I am not sure I want to meet some of my neighbours for a while \u2026!!<\/p>\n

Again, the weather will determine to a great extent what I get done next week, but there are lots of things on the list \u2026<\/p>\n

Salut.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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