Feather your Nest Friday, 5th April, 2019.

It was another good and busy week and the farm is busy as today is the start of shearing!  I kind of like all the activity!  

Some of the ways I got ahead and built up our home were:

I made lots of apple pies.   Some were for the freezer and some for Chloe and Luke and their freezer.

Much of my week was working on the bounty of apples and other produce.  Setting things to good use!  I also baked apples with a roast pork. I am amazed how much free food we have now after being here for six months my reliance on the shops is so much less.  Instead of planning what to buy I am busy trying to use up what we have.  At the moment I have eggs eggs eggs and masses of spinach so impossible quiches are calling too.

During the week Andy feasted on mud crabs that Luke caught.

I had pears in the dehydrator as these ones were getting away from me so I thought to dry them...

They taste just beautiful!!  So I will do apples next.

The last of the figs I made into fig, cream cheese and prosciutto pizzas.  I top them with rocket and sticky balsamic vinegar.  (Mimi's recipe)  They are so nice!

Whatever you have use it up!  I have pears still... Chloe suggested Pear and Camembert as a pizza topping so that will be next week.

Then the last few figs I made fig and almond jam.  This is an all time favourite with Andy and Dad.

It is just regular fig jam with blanched almonds thrown in towards the end.  I use tons more than necessary since Dad and I used to fight over the almonds!  Now it has many!  It is just beautiful. 

I planted beetroot, more silver beet and climbing beans into the veggie garden.

I also bought an Aloe Vera plant and as I went to plant it I realised it had many babies around it.  So I divided it and got eight plants!  I put them in various spots around the garden in case one spot they don't do well.   If they go ok later I will start potting up  the babies to use as gifts and swaps.

Andy spread fertiliser over our lawn.  The lawn is a lot of focus as it is huge and we are trying to get it really nice! 

We went wood cutting a few times.  Our wood heap is growing and each spot we work in we are tidying up fallen branches, we build a bon fire for the mess and left overs but these will not be lit up for a few weeks yet.  So several areas now look neat and tidy and our wood supply is increased.   Over night right out the back a huge branch came down from a gum tree.... so more wood cutting today! 

Yesterday I made pasties.  I made heaps and they are a large man sized pasty.  We had them for dinner with the relish I made.  So nice!   I will add lots of easy meals to the freezer.

They look rustic! haha! But anyway they are delicious (if I do say so myself..)  and Chloe is picking some up since shearing is so busy this will help her.

Tomorrow Mum and I are heading off to see the girls!   So this afternoon I will be making little cakes. I also made some sleep essential oil mixes as Harper is old enough now to have a half strength formula so I made sleep roller and sleep pillow spray (she is a terrible sleeper) and a cold and flu mix as well.

I mean to teach the girls how to use essential oils since this is a life skill that is a game changer for your health.  

I also sewed up some very soft large sized hankies for my niece.  She likes camping and rock climbing hence the print... she is a farmer too and needs decent sized hankies and requested them.

So that is my week!  It was busy, I guess some of these things took up a lot of time.  Building bon fires and carting wood is tiring I can tell you that I have been sleeping well!

This week I saw lots of kangaroos.  And Wallabies too which I really love.  And Andy saw an Echidna in one of the back paddocks. 

How did you build up your nest this week?  I hope you had good things come your way and opportunities to get ahead!  

Have a wonderful weekend! xxx