Sewing patchwork today…finishing a bedspread…with the back-door open and the birds singing!
Producing and using surplus is an integral part of living sustainably.
Upcycling our waste in a wasteful society is a way to create growth.
If there is going to be a future, then our past cannot be used as a template.
We have lived in a state of excess at the cost of the future.
Making soup today has allowed me to harvest and use vegetables from the garden, especially Spinach.
…mmm!
I love Spinach!
With lots planted in the tunnel and heaps of seedlings coming on in pots, this is one winter green of plenty this year!
There are lots of windfall apples at the moment and this is the time to get out and collect them up for pies and juice.
Stew down the apples ready for a tart and store in the freezer or even can it…that means jar really!
Having the stove fired up for cooking the soup and baking, means drying clothes in a very natural and cost-free way.
Cleaned out the hen house and run…now there’s lots of poopy straw to spread on the vegetable beds before I mulch them with cardboard…great, organic and free vegetables for next year!
The girls are happy! This deep litter allows a good amount of fertile straw to be used in the vegetable gardens and as a fertile mulch…for free…eggs are a sideline!
Rosehips from the Rosa Rugosa are ripening…these make the very best Vitamin C syrup!
Beautiful colouring on the Amalanchier trees today.
A feast for the soul!
Blackberries continue to ripen…free fruit that not enough people bother to pick and use…though more are enjoying the fruits of foraging!
Cleared the space beneath this Ash tree to make a little sitting and meditation space.
Made a green juice to start the day, using Apples, Lemon Balm, Mint, Kale and Wheatgrass from the garden. Now that’s what fired me up for a day of sustainable living!