Measuring and mince pies!

A definite winter chill in the air today! Temperature in our back garden was about 7 degrees at its highest. We braved the cold however, to give the garden a thorough measuring (using my new surveying skills learnt in my first term at college..!) Now we can get on with making more concrete plans for the prospective veggie patch. We'd love to fit 4x 1m square raised beds in so that we can have a go at the 4-bed rotation. Further planning details to follow in the next few days! The plan is to have a good idea of what size the beds will be and a drafted plan of potential veggies to grow etc before we head to the peaceful countryside for the festive period.

I also got around to making my first ever batch of mince pies this afternoon! (With suitably cheesy Christmas music in the background!) A pretty good success (even if I do say so myself!) I have a second batch of 12 to make up early in the week to take with us at Christmas for all to enjoy!

Et voila! Festive mince pies!