Yes, I know it's November now, and September was quite a long time ago. And I also know that, despite my best intentions, I'm clearly not going to get back into the habit of posting here more regularly any time soon. But never mind, I'm here now. Let's see if I can remember anything that happened back in September. Sitting around I've realised that some of the pictures I used in my August post were actually from early September! The sun came out just as I went back to work, and I spent quite a bit of time lounging around in the garden and out in the fields. Very lovely it was too. Making hay I hurt my back doing too much enthusiastic running at the very beginning of the month, which hampered things somewhat, and then hurt it again in the middle of the month (leaning over a desk to cross something off on a wall chart - very athletic). Scything continued in fits and starts around my injuries though, and I think by the end of September I was up to the end of row twelve, not bad. It was starting to feel quicker to do each row, but I'd not been back and gathered up any more of the cut grass. Harvest! My harvest has been largely woeful this year. I did manage a single courgette, and a handful of tomatoes, but that was it for veg. The damson tree put on a fine show though, and I spent a happy morning harvesting damsons and getting them into the freezer. Washing liquid Our homemade washing liquid finally ran out (I made it in July 2022), so it was time to make some more, this time using up some of my own home made soap. Not pretty, but it does the job, and costs practically nothing, and this will last me well over a year again, I imagine. Batch cooking I've continued to batch cook and fill up the freezer, making sure I've got relatively wholesome meals for when I don't have time to cook. It's good, and yet again, I'm amazed I never got round to doing this before. Overall, September was a quiet month round here. I could move very quickly, so nothing overly drastic happened in relation to DIY or the garden, and a lot of time was spent sitting around. No bad thing though.
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