What have done towards your prep?

[Straight Shooter]

Kicked over the generators after checking the oil , they fired up with no problems and are ready to deploy if there’s a power out . Not been firing on all six for weeks health wise so things have been very slow to get done , but they are getting done ! ......the test rig hydroponics has been repositioned and made a bit bigger ready for winter production .

Pickled some of my onions about ten pounds and I am on with the rest ( 8 kilo bag ) I bought last Friday .....they are small ...that’s what we like ! So I will be a while sorting them out , the firewood is all stacked out ready for winter and in plentiful supply , the truck will need new tyres before winter and that should complete the last of the winter preps .

Made some damson jelly along with blackberry jelly ,plum jam and some elderberry syrup , making some lemon ginger and honey this week to counter colds and flu .......been dehydrating chillies and tomatoes .......the apples have made a recovery along with the pears .....I will store some apples as I always do individually wrapped in newspaper and stored in a single layer in plastic trays , the runner beans have been good this year and are cut bagged and in the freezer along with other veg from the garden ........the bees have done well .....we now have six hives on the go ....over 125 pounds of honey this year , not bad all things considered ....we did loose one hive early on but introduced a few more colonies ............my brother is now in charge of the wine (damson) ....that will teach him to offer ! ......I would say charge on .....but I am walking on for a while .