What have done towards your prep?

[Straight Shooter]

Stripped out the one polytunnel of tomatoes then set up some trestles .....brought in a pile of plants to over winter....the other polytunnel i will use to grow some stuff over the winter , carrots, lettuce , i will heat this polytunnel ........most all the raised beds are now stripped out dug over and manured ....the only things left are runner beans (mostly for seed) beetroot ,Jerusalem artichoke,fennel,peas,french beans, onions, garlic,carrots,chillies and Christmas potatoes .....update on the King Edward potatoes i planted in the failed raised beds (MB) great success MB made a good crop 30 lbs thanks to you ! .....all in all a good year to date on and around the garden.

Home Maintenance time ........renewed gutters on the garage , waiting on the leaves to drop so i can clean all the house gutters.....removed the gazebo covers and packed away , tarp'ed up the table and chairs out on the deck, and cleaned the deck....the small polytunnel (on the deck) is stripped of tomatoes and now filled with a fig and a bay tree along with wild child's Astor's and stuff.....she has done a pile of cuttings and collected ten zillion seeds.

Plenty of chillies to be dehydrated along with anything else i can get my hands on, made a big batch of MORE elderberry syrup (a big hit with the family and some friends) the batch produced seven gin type bottles ....all day that took ! .

Lit the wood stove for the first time last Wednesday .....within 2 hours it was up to 27.5 c ....going cold here at night ....but not us chickens , we let the fire burn out .....we use about a bucket of logs, today made a trip up to our mates pallet yard filled up the back of the 4x4 seats down and a full trailer full (block spacers) we will carry on every Saturday up until Christmas and into the new year building up our stockpile (mine is full) ......going to lift the roof on the lower firewood shed and extend the building ....will end up 30 ft x 10 ft ...this will allow the mini digger and power barrow a new dry home...work will start within weeks.