I'm on my own this B H as Nik and Laura are in Halkidiki (so the house is clean and very tidy). Today I have trimmed the beech hedge next to my drive, collected about 30 lbs of apples off my tree and pruned the tree as much as my 5'1" stature would allow (must get my 6'4 grandson over to lop the higher branches). Later I made 2 jarfuls of rosehip syrup from the hips I collected yesterday; I pruned the rose hedging at the same time as collecting the hips.
Tomorrow I will be pruning my next-door neighbour's apple tree, or at least the branches that are hanging over my side of the fence. I always give him the apples and I think he just throws them away, which is mad because they are delicious. Apart from that I will be doing not much at all.
