What did you do in the garden today?

Thank you. Yep. I've been sick for two weeks now. I'm ready to be doing
I get it. Worse summer of my life I was half dead from chemo, heard all of the lawn mowers, motorcycles & summer music, laughter, life going on outside in the sunshine, and I barely had the energy to drag myself from bed to bathroom to be sick. I was So Grateful when I felt well enough to get my little garden bench, just to pull a few weeds, pick fresh raspberries to eat & see the Marigolds blooming so well. It sucks now, but when we get the crappy times behind us, life seems sweeter. 🍓
 
I make batches, usually 3 gallons at a time, every two weeks. I bottle and do a secondary ferment, mixing in 1/4 cup sour cherry juice per bottle. Love that stuff. I can drink all of it by myself, too; hubby is not a fan.
I haven't tried bottling it yet, I keep the finished stuff in the fridge in an iced tea decanter and we add fruit juice to our glasses. I've used Earl Gray and Chai tea for the base.
 
It’s breezy and sprinkly here today so the teenager can’t run the shredder. I blocked chicken access to an area around one of the chaste trees and built a block wall in front of a shade on the patio. The wall is to provide deep shade there from the western sun in summer and I needed to do something with the blocks. If we use them for other stuff, so be it. Now I’ve a stew in the oven and we’re doing laundry. Boring day.
 

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