Okay, the weather maybe glum and extremely wet, but I am not going to let it bring me down.
I love autumn!
I can't help it, it is my favourite season of the whole year. I love crisp golden sunny days, with deep blue skies. I love how the sunshine picks out the yellowing grass heads and the turning colours of the leaves.
Autumn is also a great time for storing, nesting and taking stock.
Dan always calls me a little squirrel. I love nothing better than foraging for cob nuts, sloes, damson, and blackberries and turning them into bottled treasures. I love having a larder full of goodness waiting for us discover again in depths of a cold grey January.
So this month I will be:
- Making Blackberry Vodka
- Gathering cob nuts
- Picking and storing squashes, beetroot & carrots
- Making Sloe Gin
- Taking out blankets from summer storage, nesting our home
- Knitting wrist warmers for the four of us
- Sowing green manure at the plot
- Eating lots of homemade soup
- Having a halloween party
- Visiting Westonbirt Arboretum to see the colour
- Go mushroom hunting in the woods
So Happy October.... what are your plans this month?
x
hello from another rainy corner!
ReplyDeleteautumn really is a favourite of mine too...although i can't quite make it 1st of the 4 seasons as I get the same feeling come spring : )
i will be enjoying wearing more layers. taking walks with my wee girl in those bright windy days that will soon come. blackberry vodka is on my list also {i made it last year for gifts but didn't get to try it as i was expecting!} stews and roast veggies will make up most of our dinners {and also making big batches so the freezer gets stocked up} we'll be lighting the woodstove and so i get to chop kindling which i love. and then of course there is the start of strictly tonight on the telly which i always get addicted to!
enjoy your plans and your cosy nest. x
Sounds like you have an exciting time ahead. I love Autumn to, but wish it would stop raining!
ReplyDeleteI must admit to loving Spring more but do love October too for it cosy nights. ooh that has reminded me to try and source some green manure and buy some willow to make the kids a willow hut.
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