An early start. I was up at six and up and running by half past when our favourite radio programme starts..Out of Doors on Radio Scotland...it starts with the mystery bird sound, which turned out to be a waxwing this week. Which reminds me to pick Rowan berries before the waxwings strip the trees!
After breakfast I started bottling and processing the latest batch of apple juice. Ten bottles this time. The bottle rack is gradually filling up, but we need to go foraging again for apples to make enough to last the year.
Pirate took himself out for a ride on his bigger circuit, as the clouds lifted, getting himself ready for upcoming events.
After our neighbour came for his morning cuppa and chat I got busy clearing a space for the tender plants to come in to the kitchen. The only place we have with enough space and light for them to survive. By the time Pirate returned after a good ride and a couple of stops to talk to folk, the plants were in, the kitchen clean, the living room a little tidier!!
The good thing about starting early is that you can have a little down time to relax after lunch and recharge batteries!
We headed over to a farm run by the son and grandson of a friend of our neighbour.....and came back with four doors!! Grandson is a joiner and had been replacing doors in a house...very good doors! We came home carefully with four...two will be part of the workshop verandah construction, two will replace tired doors in the house. We will return for another to replace the bathroom door that has been falling apart since before we moved here!! As these would probably just be burnt , this is a timely find!!
I am looking at fleabay and thinking perhaps I might try selling elsewhere. It would be far easier if the regular cycle jumbles were still going...but most are not at the moment.
So changing to another online place would be possibly a good idea. Fleabay has slowed down and they seem to be asking for more and more detail and re-requesting detail despite the detailed description and box filling I did to post the items.
Plus hints to reduce the already reasonable prices!
Now it has gone dark, and cold...I am glad that the plants are indoors.
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