I absolutely love late Autumn here. It suits the side of me that likes to be organised and get rid of the old. It's cool, so you can work for hours without getting heatstroke, and you can get all the project done that you've been meaning to do for months.

Jamie and I have been a bit housebound over the last few weeks with illness and the like, so it was awesome to shake it off with some good old fashioned hard work. Whilst I guess there's nothing 'pretty' going on in the garden, we achieved a lot today.

The Garden Path is Progressing Nicely

I swear it's better than our house. I'll be able to get all the way to the compost heap without getting my ugg boots dirty - yay. And less weeding. Double yay. We've finished the big pavers that go right up the middle and now are working on making use of odd bits of bluestone and other scrap pavers we had lying around.

Plus, we used some river stones in the gaps, which for some reason really tickles me. I think it reminds me of childhood, up close to the ground in people's gardens with recycled paths like this. The little treasures pressed into the concrete always fascinated me.

The Compost Area and Garden Shed

We have a huge shed (well two) but it's always too far for me to go just to get fertiliser, secateurs and so on, so we used this apple crate to make a mini shed by the compost bins. We also widened two of our bins and created a third one, and I've been busy layering it with fallen leaves, comfrey leaves, straw, chook poo and other big leaves from the garden.

I've finally given up on the tomatoes ripening, so I pulled them all up and we had fried green tomatoes with scrambled tofu and beetroot tops from the garden for lunch, on top of that amazing sourdough I made out of biodynamic flour. Total heaven! Isn't it funny how a hard day's graft can make you starving?

Other Notable Chores

• Picked the last of my granny smiths - cheeky parrots had even got a couple through the netting. They taste incredible.
• Pruned the hops that has now died off.
• Dug over and weeded the last section of the vegie patch
• Weeded, newspapered and mulched some scrappy bits of the garden
• Planted some marigolds that had self seeded
• Transplanted some small cactus into some borders

Feeling rather chuffed - it's getting organised and tidy, ready for Winter.

What's been happening in your gardens? I'd love to hear about them - please copy the URL of your post below so I can check it out!

@simplymike has begun a great tag to keep track of your garden throughout the year, so if you're recording a journal of what you've been up to, consider using the #gardenjournal2018 tag so we can find each other easily. Fabulous to see @caab and @karenfoster taking this on - after dinner I'm going to check out your posts!

I don't think he's running the contest anymore but you can read all about his initiative here: @simplymike/simplymike-zap-20180430t220605707z

I like it as it separates 'gardening' from a 'journal' where you run through all the busy stuff you've got going on in your SteemGardens - so I'm going to keep using it and hope you do too! It's actually really nice sitting here with a glass of wine and reflecting on the weekend's work!