Where did October go? One minute it was back-to-school time, and now it's dark by five o'clock and we're rocketing towards the end of the year. I've spent a lot of time inside this month, and I've even worked much of the past two weekends. It's not a situation I like, but it's where we are, and it will pass. I'm grateful to have a job at all at the minute with so many people out of work. The veg patch The garden has, yet again, had to fend for itself this last month. Fortunately it's getting on just fine without me. Mostly in October my outside tasks involved cleaning out the chickens, spreading a bit of compost, and tidying. I hope I'm not the only one whose veg patch is looking a little straggly by the end of October. I finally admitted defeat with the sweetcorn. It's the first time I've attempted to grow it, and I'm not really sure why I did. This year I just planted all my remaining seeds to see what would happen. I suspect it's just a bit too windy up here. Even the courgettes didn't do very well - I think I just didn't get them in the ground early enough. Another lesson for next year. I've not attempted turnips before either, but they've done really quite well, and I'll definitely try them again. At least I think they're turnips. The seedlings got rather mixed up with the swedes, and then the chickens dug some up and I had to replant, and I lost track. They don't look quite like swedes, but they're rather bigger than I imagined a turnip would be. Who knows. Anyway, whatever they are, they make a good alternative to pumpkins. There's still plenty of kale, and the leeks are looking healthy. The chard is starting to bolt now though, so that's getting brought in and cooked. Plotting and scheming Not much else actually happened on the homestead in October, but we have laid some plans for the future. Someone came round to look at the stable block roof, so we need to make arrangements to have that fixed soon. And tree-related shenanigans are ongoing - I'll have some proper plans to share in November I hope. Mostly though, October on the homestead involved looking out of the window, and occasionally eating soup. Not a bad way to spend the month.
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