I bought a soil test kit a few weeks ago from Amazon, and on Thursday last week finally got around to taking a couple of samples from the garden. At least we’ll be able to determine whether the soil is acidic or not, and how much more rabbit poo is required. Unfortunately the weather was not letting the soil samples dry properly, so yesterday evening I put them in the oven to dry out. Tomorrow I’ll have a look at the pH reading.
This morning we fetched a parcel from the Post Office – it was my chainsaw chain sharpening machine! Yesterday after we returned from Weldom I filed the depth gauges down a bit – they were still in factory-supplied condition despite the fact that the aged FIL had sharpened the chain cutters to less than half their original length. For the uninitiated, when you sharpen the chain of a chainsaw, not only do you need to file the cutters to leave a nice sharp edge, but you also need to check the height of the anti-kickback depth gauges – if you don’t do this, your chain can be as sharp as you like but it won’t cut butter.
I’m please to report that it now cuts through wood with great rapidity, leading to less wear and tear on both saw and operator!
Unfortunately at 3pm the heavens opened again, putting the kybosh on our plans to have a barbecue tonight. Fortunately we always have a plan B, and LSS had fired up the wood stove in order to make one of her special dishes, a corned beef pie.
Around 4 pm I suddenly remembered it was our wedding anniversary. Fortunately LSS had forgotten this as well, so I wasn’t in trouble. 7 years as a married couple, and 14 years together in total – my, doesn’t time fly!
Today’s wildlife diary: zero sightings of anything due to the rain, but I did notice that some rabbits had been digging holes in the field opposite the house.