Monday 23 April 2012

Morning
April showers rule. Nice bit of turbine production this week although there is a long way to go to catch up on the lack of wind over the last couple of months. The turbines made the local paper this week as an arty shot of one of them at sunset sent in by a reader. Fame at last.


Big day today with Southampton in with a chance of securing promotion to the Premiership, it’s a shame in a way it’s on the telly as I’ve yet to see them do themselves justice on the box. I might listen on the radio instead.

I’ve had an uplifting week on two fronts, summer is close as the swallows have returned and the office sprang a leak. I came in after coffee on Thursday to find a puddle of water on my desk, if it had been underneath I might have put it down to stress or the cat but this was coming through the light fitting. Luckily after checking out the roof condition we were able to sort it by resealing the gutter feed and lifting one corner of the office which has developed a sag after many years service (I know the feeling). I am now sat about two inches higher than last week and feeling much more level headed.

The phone system is still a bit dodgy at the moment after the breakdown last week, please select option 1 i f you call in which does at least ring the desk phones. Our hand-held phones are not working yet so we may not pick up your call if we are out and about, so please leave a message and we will get back to you ASAP. The email and fax are working fine.

A bit busier this last week on orders, which is good after the post-Easter lull. Good news that retail sales are supposed to be recovering, hopefully that will filter down to the plant trade as the weather picks up.

Off out again this week to see our favourite boogie-woogie pianist Ben Waters at The Railway pub in Winchester. Last time we saw him he was playing with Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones) but this time it is just him banging away on the pub piano, should be good, might even do a bit more dad dancing. Also have a couple of other concerts booked for later in the year, one which sold out ages ago is Elvis Costello and another is Adam Ant! That should bring back some memories. I have seen both before, Elvis in 1981 and Adam Ant in 1980 and 1982. Adam Ant was ace in 80, a great rock concert whereas in 82 the audience had turned into screaming young teenagers and their mums. Dressing for this one could be fun, trouble is the last time I tried struggled into my PVC trousers (circa 1979) they had perished and they had got even snugger fitting than before. Perhaps something with an elasticated waistband would be more appropriate?

Eco News

A birdy week with the swallows return and a white baby blackbird spotted. Red Kite seen overhead.

As the temperatures climb a bit there are plenty of frogs and toads active in the tunnels and with another good hatching of tadpoles we should have loads by the end of the summer. We have suppressed the urge to put a fish or two in the ponds to give the insects and amphibians for of a chance to successfully breed in high numbers.

The turbine open day for prospective buyers went well. There were plenty of visitors and the weather was nice and breezy so they got a good impression of the reality of living close to these turbines. I didn’t have much to do with the visitors, that was all handled by the reps for the turbine company. I did offer my services but I obviously made such an impression on the reps early in the day that I wasn’t required! I did put up the latest graphs of output and an example of our new super complicated electricity invoice. Apparently the main reaction was surprise at how quiet they were even up close and how much this model produced in relatively quiet conditions compared with other makes. They hope to have picked up a couple of sales although you never can tell with these things on the day.

Have a good week, from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries

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