Is it just me, or has Christmas crept up suddenly? Thank you @riverflows for making this festive thumbnail for this week's Garden Journal Weekly.
Speaking of Christmas, this wild blueberry-cranberry chutney that @goldenoakfarm has been making is looking wonderfully festive. She gives some great tips and tricks to get the best flavour from this recipe.
Someone else who was about to make a preserve was @fanyokami. Unfortunately, her garden has been plagued by a string of bad luck and between the weather and leafcutter ants, she's been fighting to salvage what she can of her crops. Gardening isn't always rosy.
Over in the Phillipines, @afterglow has been planting out some saplings and sweet potato vines. Hopefully there will some great harvests and beautiful displays in his future.
Then in Victoria, Australia, @riverflows is selling her homestead in anticipation of a move to Tasmania. She contemplates whether to plant or not to plant as they prepare to leave it for the next custodians. There are a few items to be harvested and a bit of pride as the drone photos let her see how far they've come since they began caring for this patch of nature.
With the arrival of summer here in the south, cooking has been moving outside, so what better way to cook than on a mudstove? @rukeros takes us through how they made theirs from salvaged materials, taking us through from preparation to seeing it in action.
I hope you enjoy the featured posts too and I'll say goodbye for now and wish you a wonderful Christmas if you celebrate it. This week beneficiaries go to @goldenoakfarm, @afterglow, @rukeros and @fanyokami. Thank you eveyone for sharing your garden experiences with us and I hope we continue to see you into the New Year.
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Hey you! It's been a while, I hope you and yours are doing great 🙂
I have zero-clue why I have not been involved with this wonderful community before but... uhm... 2022, right? Time in the garden is cathartic, peaceful, somewhat meditative and is a low impact (usually) way to stay a little more fit and active. Most important of all though, is being out in the open air in the very place where nature lives is bloody good for the soul.
Confession time, although all that is true and I did notice the community and wonder why it and I had not crossed paths sooner, it was all a shammy pretence for coming to visit one of the most supportive, friendly (and utterly bloody lovely, I might add,) peoplez on the blockchain.
More specifically I wanted to let ya know that me and mine wish you and yours a truly wonderful festive season and a glorious beginning to the shiny new year ahead of us. May that fab beginning stretch out before you and see you achieve all that you could possibly wish for next year and beyond. 🙂💝
You sweet talker! 😆
I expect to see some garden posts from you now! I didn't know you had an interest there, although I should have guessed seeing as I've connected with your writing style in many other ways. 😉
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and new year, too. I'll leave you with this, which seems to sum up this year pretty well:
Wut up! Just a quick hug, Merry Christmas to y'all!
Awww, thanks Ed. The same to you too.
Ooh, looking forward to seeing the mudstove one! Thanks for featuring me. I must admit that drone shot gets me every time. Wish I could show you guys the before shot. Seems like a few people are struggling with the weather and bugs!
Before and after would probably have been amazing! How long have you been there? It's surprising how fast landscapes can change and trees grow, sometimes.
Thank you very much for including my post in this Weekly Garden Journal. Good evening (^_^)
You're welcome. I'm looking forward to updates, especially when you harvest the sweet potato roots.
Thanks for the mention!
You're welcome. I wish I could taste that chutney!
That chutney looks delish! I would love to come to yours for Christmas!
That would be such fun!
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