21 July 2013, 14:37
Made gooseberry and strawberry jam, Friday..... today Sunday..... Cardiff market apricots £1 a bag got 4 for jam, picked up 3 20ltr jerry cans £5 each, filled 1 derv 1 petrol the other will be paraffin, vinegar 2 gals salt 5 kilos ready for pickling this year, 3 bags of dried herbs, baked beans, 20 bars soap, .......stacked 2 cords of wood right by the back door....only another 3 cords to go, ordering 2 ton of coal next week ready for winter......cleared the work that came in, so money for prepps now ....raising potato's , broad beans , peas , carrots , for dinner today ......life is good....there's something about fresh veg....soil to pot .....I am bloody salivating .......a simple life for a simple man...that's me folks, introduced my youngest grandson to the pleasures of hanging a piece of parsley from your gob while you work on the garden....but he likes chives best ! canny lad .