Stone fruit, pruned

A slight sense of satisfaction to have my fruit trees pruned for the winter. Roses done, too, and I'll do grape vines soon.

"Made with love" beats any of the alternatives.

My boy Jonah is having a birthday party today. Instead of buying a cake, his sister agreed to make one. My mother would be proud - it beats any of the alternatives.

Pickled Chillies

Very nice. They lose a lot of their heat this way but they keep for well over a year.

Autumn falls

I like this moment in the season.  It's still warm - 20C this morning - but the leaves have seriously started falling. It's getting to be time to hunker down..

Potato and corn frittata

Grated potato (wrung out) with corn, three eggs and seasoning.  Bake until firm, cool a little, fry.

Mandarins in season

It seems we like our mandarins.  I bought a couple of bags last night and they went. Today mandarins were on the shopping list with the addition "x [infinity]".

Fresh fruit in season is a great idea. Between my not willing to pay "out of season" prices and the kids' keen sense of quality it's all we seem to do.

Winter is coming, then I can clean this shit up

Winter is a cleansing time in the garden. In another few weeks all of those leaves will be on the ground. That's where labour in the garden has its greatest yield. Compost made, soils prepared, pruning done. I'm a lazy gardener.