Major catch up

Lots of posts in one day... It's good to be able to catch up. The last 3 weeks have been super busy - I have been to Auckland once, and also last week to Melbourne for work. Kyra and I have had our birthdays (thanks everyone for the birthday wishes and pressies!), and things keep moving on here on the farm.
   We are harvesting tomatoes, and last weekend I made and froze some passata for winter meals. We are waiting to pick up a cow's worth of beef from the butcher. The grapes are ripening nicely, and Paul is doing daily battle with the birds - who still try to get into his nets for a free meal. On Saturday Paul bottled his second batch of wine, made from pinot noir grapes he picked in the Wairarapa last year.

The apples and pears are coming in, and I am freezing and bottling these.

The farm is so green - we still have our freezer lambs fattening, and the remaining cow will be going soon too. My vege garden is like a triffid garden! Zucchinis are marrows, and I have beans everywhere - more work needed to get them in, blanched and frozen for the winter.