23/06/2026
Hi everyone,
The sun was out shining even more with warmer temperatures than yesterday so I had to go along to Milton located just outside of Dumbarton to help deal with a man’s tall grass that had been growing for a long time so it had to be cut down. The ‘before’ pictures shown were actually taken by the man in late-May going into early June while I was away on holiday to Spain with my family so since then, it grew to around the same size as the see-saw shown on the swings. It was a bit more challenging to cut down than I thought because while the upper tall part of the grass becomes dry having been exposed to the sun (which explains why it cut away easily when the strings of the grass trimmer hit it), the bottom parts still had some signs of water consumption in it, hence it was thick and either stood still or just bent almost every time the strings hit it. It took 3 rounds of grass trimming, with the adjustable rake pulling in the piles after each round, and then 4 rounds of using the petrol lawn mower to finally get the grass in the back garden down to it’s favourable level. After that considering the heat, of which I thank the man’s friendly next door neighbour who at one point offered me water to refresh and had a friendly golden retriever named Candy, I then had to cut down the mow the grass on the front side of the property. All in a day’s work of which it lasted from 9am until 2pm BST. On with the next work!
Hàlo a h-uile duine,
Bha a’ ghrian a’ deàrrsadh eadhon nas m***a le teòthachd nas blàithe na an-dè agus mar sin bha agam ri dhol gu Baile Mhuilinn, direach taobh a-muigh Dùn Breatainn, airson cuideachadh le feur àrd duine a bha air a bhith a’ fàs fad ùine mhòr agus mar sin b’ fheudar a ghearradh sìos. Chaidh na dealbhan “roimhe” a shealltainn a thogail leis an duine fhèin aig deireadh a’ Chèitein a’ dol a-steach gu tràth san Ògmhios fhad ‘s a bha mi air saor-làithean anns an Spàinn le mo theaghlach, agus on uair sin dh’fhàs e gu timcheall air an aon àirde ris an t-seasaw a bha ri fhaicinn air na swings. Bha e beagan nas dùbhlaiche a ghearradh sìos na bha mi an dùil oir ged a bhiodh am pàirt àrd de’n fheur a’ fàs tioram às dèidh a bhith fosgailte don ghrèin (a tha a’ mìneachadh carson a gheàrr e gu furasta nuair a bhuail na sreangan an trimmer feòir air), bha na pàirtean ìosal fhathast le beagan comharran de dh’uisge a’ dol troimhe, agus mar sin bha e tiugh agus an dàrna cuid na sheasadh e gun gluasad no dìreach a’ lùbadh cha mhòr a h-uile turas a bhuail na sreangan air. Thug e trì cuairtean de thrìomadh feòir, leis an ràcan atharrachail a’ tarraing a-steach nan cruachan às dèidh gach cuairt, agus an uair sin ceithir cuairtean leis an inneal-feòir peatrail gus mu dheireadh faighinn am feur sa ghàrradh cùil sìos chun an ìre as fheàrr. Às dèidh sin, leis an teas, agus tha mi a’ toirt taing do nàbaidh càirdeil an duine a thairg dhomh uisge aig aon àm airson mo dhiongmhaltas agus aig an robh retriever òir càirdeil air an t-ainm Candy, bha agam an uair sin ris an fheur a ghearradh air taobh aghaidh an togalaich. Obair latha slàn a mhair bho 9m gu 2f BST. Air adhart leis an ath obair!
