Sunshine!

After all that rain how lovely to have a crisp winter day!took the woofers for a run on the marsh,with a lovely view of North Wales.

So lovely to be out and about,read an article that said you need to be outside for an hour a day in the winter and its as effective as a dose of prozac!Don't know how accurate that is but felt pretty good to me!!The chickens enjoyed the pause in the rain and even managed a dust bath in the empty greenhouse!
Looks like cold sunny weather for the weekend so shall be out as much as possible.

frugal fun

despite the wet 'n' windy weather gathered the dogs up and wrapped and waterproofed myself and went for a yomp in the woods,took a rucksack with cake and a flask of hot chocolate,but sadly forgot the camera!dogs are now flat out and I feel that I've blown away the cobwebs!Shall defrost some spicy butternut squash soup for this evenings meal,mmmm!

skint!

payday today and once i'd allocated money for direct debits,savings and money to daughter at uni, we have exactly £23.17 to last the month!However cupboards are stocked, there are cabbages and leeks in the garden,the freezer is full and i have a sack of spuds.Most importantly there is enough food for all the critters for the month!
I start a christmas job at m and s on monday so that should cover the silly seasons needs as big daughter and her boyfriend will be here.
Also am making up little hampers as pressies with jam and chutney from the autumn and planning to make some mini christmas cakes.Can't believe that it's only 6 weeks to go but can't wait to have all my family in one place :)

Fish pie

end of the month emptying the freezer time!

Had some fish pie mix(reduced to £1),approved food white sauce beefed up with super strong cheese from the market,a few frozen peas and 2 hard boiled eggs courtesy of our chickens,so fish was poached in milk which was then used for sauce and the whole lot mixed together and topped with aldi frozen mash and more stinky cheddar. twas delicious!!

just right for such a miserable evening and fed 3 of us with green salad.

Chicken starting to moult now so eggs extra precious :)

And I'm back in the room...
Life got a bit too hectic for a while but now returning to a bit of simplicity :)
Had a good year in terms of food production,no longer have the allotment but have turned the majority of the garden over to eatables now,if I can't eat it I don't plant it! well apart from roses,hollyhocks,lupins....and obviously a patch of ground to be dug by dogs and generally pooped on!Lost all the hens to a middle of the day fox attack,so just have 3 ex batts at the moment as i keep them in the run and want them to have plenty of space.
After a crappy summer am now off to harvest all the green tomatoes and turn them into chutney,
speak soon x