On this beautiful November day Courtney and I got the awesome privilege of having our second and last weekend practical for this semester, landscape maintenance. The weather seemed to be on our side today which made for a nice way to end the weekend. It was sunny with a high of 4. Friday started out with us installing a green roof down town London at a little cafe. There it was a very nice turn out; lots of volunteers, thanks to all who came out you are all now green roof certified. Us weekend practical groups only stated till 12 then came back to the school, but before we came back we got to enjoy a delicious shepherd’s pie and lasagne lunch. After our tummies were nice and full it was time to get back to work.
For the rest of the day we had the pleasure of removing the annuals in the planters around the college, and also to repair the irrigation line infront of the greenhouse where we installed the walk way a couple weeks ago looks great by the way. Courtney has now become a master irrigation repair lady, be proud Courtney be proud!
Saturday was a wet one; our main goal today was to finish all the annuals around the school. We wanted to get as much done as we could even though it was raining and cold. We pushed through it and succeed! The annuals were out front of the entrance sing in front of T block, in the planters and a couple random ones here and there. Since we completed all of that in time, we had a little bit to spare. So, I got to learn how to refuel the RTV and learned where the tractor and trailer go. Over all it was a successful day for being so cold and wet.
Sunday was Z building day; because it was raining yesterday we decided to wait till today to do the weeding and edging down there. Courtney drove down with the tractor and trailer and I just meet her down there. As a team we powered through 6 beds. Weeding and edging one at a time, making sure everything is up to Pascoe standards. It was very convenient to have a timmies across the street. It was nice to have a little lunch break and was able to enjoy the view of what we have completed so far. After lunch we went hard and were able to finish all the bed within good time, obviously a couple dance breaks were in there during the day too. Crazy how much someone can get done when they have music. Sunday fun day was a success, we cleaned up our area and headed er back down to the school. Put the tractor away, cleaned out tools and tided everything up.
On a side note, I would like to thank Courtney for being the best partner ever. Always motivating me to do my best and showing/explaining anything to me that i have a problem with. Any company would be lucky to have this amazing hort tech on their team. She will do great things in this industry.
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