25 January 2025 (Saturday)

We recorded Sunday Chat relatively early, and then had a really early lunch. After finishing an episode of Hart to Hart, I got changed, got down to the plot and started work on a bed.

It's a bed that had nothing growing in it last year, and on taking off the plastic cover the top surface was full of bindweed. After about an hour, the whole bed had been forked over and weeded really well, leveled off with a rake and is ready for topping with cardboard and compost at some point next week.

It feels as though it's been a busy day, and certainly busier than I’d anticipated, especially as I’ve another day at For Earth Sake’s this week for the Winter Wassail; there's no doubt tomorrow will be a long day!

Recipe:  Instant Chilli, using leftovers, fridge veg and tinned products
​I used the remains of the Smoky Chick'n & Aubergine Ragu from last night.  Cooked up some shallots, carrots and celery, added some miso, cocoa powder, a tin of drained red kidney beans, a tin of chilli beans and half a tin of water, mixed in the leftover Ragu, then brought it all to a simmer for ten minutes.

Weather:  Clear skies, and the crescent moon looked fab first thing.  Sunny much of the day, though a little chillier than yesterday.

Breakfast:  Bran Sticks, yogurt, oat milk, pear
Lunch:  Defrosted Squash, Mixed Bean and Coconut Curry blitzed and turned into soup, and sandwiches of Lidl Crusty Wheat & Rye Loaf with diced red onion, celery, cream cheese, miso and mayo.
Supper:  'Instant' Chilli (see above), and we had with the remaining bulgur wheat, and some raw celery and cucumber.