Monday, October 18, 2004
Leylandii again
Finally finished The Da Vinci Code last night. A really good read about the search for The Holy Grail via a series of interlinked clued related to Da Vinci. Good plot with subtefuge, double crosses and suprises. I was really pleased with myself because I solved one of the clues several chapters before the characters, however on reflection I suspect that was the intention of the author. Good read.
Last Feburary (2003) Caroline planted over 60 leylandii saplings along the far edge of the field as a visual and wind break. Because of the hot summer in 2003 I think we must have spent more on water trying to keep them alive as we did to buy them. Luckily we only lost 2 trees. Anyway based on the experience of cutting our overgrown hedge and a friends, I been out with the shears trimming the tops and sides to try to keep the height to 8ft (2.5m) and not too fat otherwise they are very difficult to cut. They have grown well this year, but there is still plenty of growth needed to make a decent hedge.
Lifted a section of the patio in front of the electricity distribution board on the front of the house. Took out a mini-digger's bucket width of pavers ready for the trench to be dug for the electricity supply to the new gites.
No concrete delivery today, maybe tomorrow.
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Leylandii again
