At KH there has been a tradition of having a Garden Party (or parties!) to allow members and friends to come together at the appropriate time to carry out essential works in the garden grounds. Yesterday was one of those days, and the rain did stop and the sun did come out! Firstly, many thanks to those who turned out and contributed their time and energy, and special thanks to Ann Shill for the yummy sandwiches.
Our youngest labourer took great delight in sowing the seeds of the Wildflower Meadow, showing great interest in the different sizes and colours of seed, while Mum raked and prepared the ground! Office-bound workers enjoyed their blisters (I hope) proof of their hard work - and a chance for my new First Aid Kit to be used. And what was very pleasant was being able to actually do a little proper gardening apart from just the hard work of cutting grass and hedges! New gardeners were surprised at just how extensive the grounds actually are.
Alas; because of Parked cars, we have as yet been unable to have the Skip delivered, but there is still hope, just as there is still hope for those who stole our metal gate on Friday Night! I'm sure their need was greater than ours.
While the work continues on the roof, we will still have Scaffolding up for a few weeks yet, and the last few days have been spent repointing the Stone Buttress over the Vestry Door. I may end up having to learn how to use Lime Mortar myself for the amount of work that's going to be required for the Boundary Wall.
The garden work continues and we intend to have another 'Party' next week for those unable to partake yesterday.
Our youngest labourer took great delight in sowing the seeds of the Wildflower Meadow, showing great interest in the different sizes and colours of seed, while Mum raked and prepared the ground! Office-bound workers enjoyed their blisters (I hope) proof of their hard work - and a chance for my new First Aid Kit to be used. And what was very pleasant was being able to actually do a little proper gardening apart from just the hard work of cutting grass and hedges! New gardeners were surprised at just how extensive the grounds actually are.
Alas; because of Parked cars, we have as yet been unable to have the Skip delivered, but there is still hope, just as there is still hope for those who stole our metal gate on Friday Night! I'm sure their need was greater than ours.
While the work continues on the roof, we will still have Scaffolding up for a few weeks yet, and the last few days have been spent repointing the Stone Buttress over the Vestry Door. I may end up having to learn how to use Lime Mortar myself for the amount of work that's going to be required for the Boundary Wall.
The garden work continues and we intend to have another 'Party' next week for those unable to partake yesterday.
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