For a good chunk of this week we have not done too much, being stuck indoors, hiding from the storms. Luckily we haven't been affected too badly in the village but it has been devastating elsewhere and a harsh reminder of how quickly things can change.
But today the sun actually came out for a spell and we made the most of it spending most of the day in the garden. We have sorted apples for storing, now all I have to do is prepare a vat of apple sauce with the not - so - perfects, planted garlic and broad beans outdoors, and (almost) dug over the two final beds that need sorting after summer.
I made a massive lentil cottage pie today plus lots more of the mix for putting into freezer bags, and the second loaf of bread of the day is ticking away in the machine.
We are still trying to make some adjustments to our shopping habits as, ideally, I would like to half our budget. We have decided to start going shopping on a Friday afternoon after will finishes work so we can get it done quickly and be quite focused. We only really shop at lidl now as it is so much cheaper and the veg is better than tesco. Anything we need that lidl doesn't stock will can pick up from tesco in his lunch break, so we don't have any temptations while having to make an extra trip. We will see, but for the past couple of weeks our shop has been quite a few pounds less, a reassuring start.
I took the girls on a trip to the botanical Gardens again on Tuesday. We are members so the only expense was the petrol (and an ice cream for ivy). Then we went to Swansea on Wednesday to visit the free botanical Gardens there, though that was much less enjoyable as I find cities very stressful these days, and although we were in the middle of a park I could still always hear the traffic noise and found it very disturbing. The whole day felt like a big reminder of why we moved and I was even more grateful than usual to be back home in our little village.
That's all for this week!
Ivy helping out
The extent of our storm damage
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