It's a Growing Winter

This last Autumn has required a lot of adjustment around home. I have concertedly focused on getting more involved in community activities. Needless to say my world has become busier than I am used to.

This of course is, in many ways a mixed blessing. Being surrounded by new people and different ideas is always great for inspiration. Spending more time out of home means there is a whole lot less time to get time get things done. Balancing the two is something that just simply isn't really happening. In regard to priorities making and supporting community connections just needs to come first. Long term it is not more important than being able to provide as many of our needs as possible .. but it is just as important and I previously hadn't given it much attention at all.

What that means is that right now my garden feels behind, disorganised and just generally like it is not really my space. I honestly walk out there when I have the time and get genuine surprises. Not the "Oh, wow the silverbeat is coming along well" type of surprises ... more of the "Gracious me, did I really plant that much leaf mustard and where are the cabbages" type. Luckily there really are some wash and wear winter plants which as long as you manage to get them in the ground.

Broad Beans really are a wonder. Eaten as young pods you don't even need to double peel them.

Leaf mustard although a bit challenging to find uses for is absolutely prolific. I certainly have more than I know how to use right now.. If anyone has ideas for wonderful ways to cook it I would really appreciate input.

One of the mildly smart things that I did this year was to decide that if I was going to have weeds they were going to be productive plants. To achieve that I collected together all the seeds I saved last year and just basically strew them over the beds. Well I have to say at this point it seems to have been quite a good idea.. my amount of non productive weeds are minimal.