Maria has returned to school. She is now in Year 8 and is looking forward to getting back after such a long break. It does seem a long time since lockdown in March and home schooling but it is fair to say there is going to be more time for us to look after family, tend the allotment and so on with the days bookended by the school run, morning and afternoon.
Whilst Alison dropped Maria off and got the weekly shop done, I have made a batch of vegetarian chilli, a tomato sauce using lots and lots of tomatoes from the allotment and garden, humus, a big salad and boiled beetroot for use in salads during the week ahead. There is so much produce we are having to be creative in how we use it, adding spinach to meals at the last minute to wilt down, having portions of runner beans with every meal and now we are looking at how to store the potatoes which I dug up on Sunday.
Next up is some more blackberry picking with a view to using the juice over the winter having boiled the berries and strained them before freezing. I'll be picking up a batch of apples too which can be pureed and frozen too.
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