So in case you haven't realized, we have an arrangement with a family in Scotland for the month to work on their estate 5 days a week for 5 hours a day, in return for three meals a day and a place to live. Things have been working out great, the food has been good and the family is really nice. We basically do the odd jobs that they do not have the time to do. On Monday and Tuesday we sanded down a set of table and chairs so it they can be repainted. Wednesday we deep cleaned the newly completed kitchen in the castle and started "hoovering" (vacuuming) all the moss out of the grass in the garden. As we have come to realize it rains quite a bit here and because of that moss grows up everywhere! To make the garden and lawns look nice our hosts purchased a machine that just removes the moss when you drag it over the lawn. So we started working on the secret garden to remove all the moss from the lawn.
We filled 7 of those white bags from the secret garden alone! So much moss! Now the garden looks partially like a mud pit, but we just reseeded and aerated (stabbed it a lot) so now the ground can drain and will be less moss friendly.
Thursday we finished up in the secret garden and then on friday we did some cleaning inside the castle. Mostly getting the rooms that we almost done, all cleaned and ready for use. We also did some weeding around the well garden. Which is pretty cool cause it's just an old well under a tree that you don't really notice unless you get up close.
So next week we will probably be doing similar jobs to what we have just been doing but right now it is the weekend so we are off on some adventures, we will see how they turn out!
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