Winding down

​No. Not us. The seasons. 

Harvesting the last of the produce and processing it for winter use. 

My art teacher gave us a bag full of tomatoes, hot peppers and zucchini. 

I then got home to find this 

The market gardeners across the road left these for us. 

They also gave us some larger peppers which hubby will grill on the BBQ, and skin them. 

There might be enough to have some now and to freeze for winter. 

The peppers and tomatoes I cooked this morning 

This is what I had after doing all the prep. It pretty much filled my huge wok 

Once it was cooked down it filled all of these containers 

There is still a lot of work to get the gardens ready for winter planting 

It will happen slowly  like everything these days

Hubby also sourced some hay to feed the livestock during the winter 

The last of the sheep have been processed so it’s only two alpacas, one steer and one donkey 

I don’t know if we will get any more sheep  we will just wait and see 

I’m back to getting the hexis ready to sew into the quilt top 

It’s growing  I’m going to try and get it into one big hexagon 

I guess I’ll just keep adding to it while I have the scraps to use up 

So your up to date on what’s happening here in the nest  

The worries of the world have just strengthened my aims to grow as much food as I can for my family 

Doing this gives me sense of control  

It helps to keep me grounded and sane  

It’s so very easy to fall into despair 

We all need to work on our mental health these days