Feather your Nest Friday, 31st October, 2025.

October is over!   Tomorrow I am going to begin on Christmas presents.  It has been a beautiful week of sunshine and rain!  Last night we had a downpour and it was timed so well as I just planted five new fruit trees! 

I was given the gift of three chard plants.   These will fill some spaces!

The trellis has been extended another few meters.  This end will be pumpkins, the other end is cucumbers...

I am very pleased abut this and all the materials were on the farm.  If the vines cover the trellis you will be sure to hear about it! 

The fruit tress.... both pear trees are covered in thousands of tiny little pears.   I love watching them form and grow!  I don't know the names of them but one is a huge green pear and the other and long purple pears.

I think in the next week or two we will net these trees.   Then I will be watching the apples form as that tree is next.

I had my helper on the job.   One thing on the list was moving and planting the five new fruit trees.

Also filling two big pots...

After all this we needed a break and cold drink.  😊

But then we fired up again (as you do) and the next job on the list was to catch the gold fish which were in a temporary pond.  It's a wonder they had survived honestly but they did.   This was the best fun ever as there was a hole in our net!   But we got them into a jug of rain water...

Tom named them Blackie,  Andrew and John.   haha.   He explained Blackie was the black one. 😊

Then he asked if he could feel them?   I said ok, as long as you don't SQUEEZE them.  Well they felt really good apparently.  

Then they went into their new, really big,  cast iron pot of rain water and were fed.  They have seemed very happy since.

The local fire truck needed a run so I asked if it could come over here (the station is just over the road) for a surprise.   My young friend, the driver, delivered.  It came in the driveway siren blaring.

Tom and Andrew jumped in and had a ride.  I could hear the siren going randomly for added effect.  Great excitement!

My cook up for the week was chicken schnitzels.   I got two meals and this meal went to Chloe's.  Plus lemons and sour cream to go with it.

 

I finished two patchwork squares for my quilt.   The first one I am showing a beautiful cup and saucer I was given.  The prettiest ever! 

I am truly loving patchwork!  All my small left over bits are being saved for the next pattern which as much smaller pieces.

My friend is staying in the top house.   Sparkie loves her.  I thought Sparkie was sunning herself on the deck when I got a message with this photo...

Doesn't she look guilty but pleased?  She ran up the hill to my friends house and scratched at the door.  Now she was on the lounge having a great time.  I was amazed since she is so small!  But she got this great idea you see...

I always say to make hay while the sun shines.  This week "redeem the time" keeps coming to me.  Then I saw "she is not afraid of the future..." and thought in part this is due to using the time well and making the most of every opportunity.   But I wondered what does redeem actually mean?   It means to make the most of every moment,  using time wisely and for a purpose, not wasting time.  Treating time as a precious commodity. Time can sift through our fingers like sand or we can do a lot with it.  That is not to say rest is bad either.  Sometimes rest is our best investment.   And it can be a hard balance. 

But overall I am happy with what was achieved this week and there is more rain coming which will further help my fruit trees and seedlings.   AND I gain time then, not having to water!   This gives me time to put into other projects!  

Today I took several dozen eggs into church.  Some of the older ladies really seem excited to get them.  Once said she will be making a quiche.  Growing and producing food is not just for ourselves but it helps us to help others.  Well, this brought joy to my day! 

How did you build up your nest this week?  We love to hear.  There is a fair bit going on in the world.  We have some interesting shortages such as potatoes.   And some items that have become really expensive such as olive oil, chocolate, butter and coffee.  Building our pantries is one great thing we can do.  That is a buffer.  An insurance policy!  What are you doing to beat rising prices?  

Have a safe and wonderful weekend.xxx