Okay, the weather maybe glum and extremely wet, but I am not going to let it bring me down.
I love autumn!
I can't help it, it is my favourite season of the whole year. I love crisp golden sunny days, with deep blue skies. I love how the sunshine picks out the yellowing grass heads and the turning colours of the leaves.
Autumn is also a great time for storing, nesting and taking stock.
Dan always calls me a little squirrel. I love nothing better than foraging for cob nuts, sloes, damson, and blackberries and turning them into bottled treasures. I love having a larder full of goodness waiting for us discover again in depths of a cold grey January.
So this month I will be:
Making Blackberry Vodka
Gathering cob nuts
Picking and storing squashes, beetroot & carrots
Making Sloe Gin
Taking out blankets from summer storage, nesting our home
Knitting wrist warmers for the four of us
Sowing green manure at the plot
Eating lots of homemade soup
Having a halloween party
Visiting Westonbirt Arboretum to see the colour
Go mushroom hunting in the woods
So Happy October.... what are your plans this month?
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Labels: allotment, autumn, feel good friday, harvest, knitting
