#gardeningNZstyle #goodjobdone #Touaregperfection

Thursday 1st Feb, 5.00, +1dg, clear to the top of the Golm, thin cloud whizzing across the moon, flags just sitting quietly. Forecasting rain here in the village and snow above later. Yesterday we had a beautiful morning on skis. The sky was not a perfect blue but the viz was fine. We took the bus out to Valisera/Grasjoch Bahn at Gaschurn-Partenen and lifted up to the back side of the HochJoch saving us the long Panorama Bahn ride from the front side. Back in the house for rising 13.00. Task in hand. There were 15 or so very large 20+yr old buxus planted on the sloping gardens that had been badly affected with the mite that destroys the foliage in buxus. I said OK, the ground is not so frozen let's get this job started. There had been a quote for €1600 to have them all removed. Hey, incoming we can do it girl from New Zealand. Back up the Touareg, loop the strop around the plant and drive!!! Holy cow, did we laugh, and weren't the curtains twitching and the walkers stopping to watch !! Job done 4.5 hrs, now the Gemeinde come to collect them all and take them away. Today we are walking for our daily constitutional and then it is anyone's guess. The weather will dictate but there is a lot of sweeping to remove all the dirt and stones from the paths. Guaranteed it will be a gentler, but probably no less hilarious day today.