Challenge #3

Well, I knew this would be a bit of a challenge being winter, but I am still finding the odd thing to keep me going and motivated.

1. Plant something. Today I sowed some more seeds (broccoli, cauli, cabbage) in another propagator.

2. Harvest something. Just more silverbeet, herbs and eggs!

3. Preserve something. No preservation this week, but am about to crack open a new jar of plum jam from my December bottling.

4. Prep something. I have been eyeing my garden for the best place to put my seedlings when they are big enough. A lot of my garden has lost all sunlight since the shortest day is fast approaching. However, it will also mean that we will be over the hump and the days will be longer. So, I have one plot that gets good sunlight where I can put those seedlings, and there is another plot nearby that will do as a back up for any other plants before the sunlight starts to move back over some of the other plots.

I have also decided to make a shade structure (4th pic down) for the kids to hang out in during the warmer months. The cool thing with it, is I can put different fruiting vines over it - so might give choko's a go and passionfruit. A jasmine vine would be nice too for a lovely fragrance as well as an attractant for birds and insects. So this afternoon I pulled out some of my thicker bamboo rods from under the house, cut them to size and will work on that tomorrow. I plan on putting it on my front lawn where the herb garden is growing. It will fit in nicely there and I can't wait for all the herbs and vines to bush out and become fragrant and magical.

5. Cook something new. We've stuck with our regular meals this week (kumura lasagne and corn bread, borscht, silverbeet and potato soup, vegetable casserole - and I can't even recall our other meals!).

6. Manage your reserves. I checked and turned my pumpkins - after all the rain we've had over the past week one of them was a bit moist on the underside.

7. Work on local food systems. No new work except walking the talk.