Our First Winter Scrummies...

The girls have spent the last couple of days hanging out with me and today we got to spend some time in the garden. Ava used the fork and turned over some of the garden while Liv raked, they were quite enthusiastic and happily talked like two little chatter boxes as we did it. It was so lovely to spend time with them and the extra hands to help were much appreciated. 

 

We planted quite a few Borage plants for the bees, some Leeks, Coriander and two Rhubarb plants I split up from the ones in the drum. I also got a bit of weeding done which was great.   

Here are the first baby Carrots and Beets from the garden, they are so sweet and yummy. The girls just loved grabbing them from me as I pulled them out, they were so excited and even Lipstick got to sample one. 

A quick wash under the hose and then laid out in the shade to dry off in the breeze. They were delighted to take them home tonight. One of the last jobs of the day was cleaning out the chook house. One full bucket of dry chook poo which I spread (by hand, while grossing the girls out) across the garden.

It’s Curtains For These Blankets...

 

Over the weekend I had a quick sewing job bestowed upon me...to turn these old wool blankets into thermal curtains for my brother. We can’t take credit for the idea, which belongs to a creative chap who lives nearby, Nelson Lebo. 

He holds community workshops on diy home insulation ideas, has a wealth of knowledge on sustainable living and is the heart and soul of a beautiful community garden. Anyways, back to the curtains.

All I had to do was turn over the tops and stitch leaving enough space for wooden dowel to slide through so not a time consuming job, just a little difficult when my arm won’t handle much weight on it at the moment. 

Once they were done I zipped them up to my brothers where he immediately hung them up. Old wool blankets are brilliant for keeping the warmth in and the winter chills out, easy to come by and when hung behind your curtains you wouldn’t even know they are there. They also make terrific draught stoppers too...

Sitting In The Nip Pot...

 

No wonder its taking so long to grow, old bloomer bum keeps sitting in it! He does look purr-ticularly happy though.