My Goals for November

I know I say it each month, but where has the time gone?  I can’t believe there are only two months left in this year.  Time to set my goals for the month.

ONE MONTHLY GOAL

Sometimes there is an obvious goal, at others I need to have a little think.  This month is one of those.  

After having that little think, I will make it my goal to turn my red sashiko holly panel into a table runner.  I have no idea what fabric I will use, or how I will make it, but I’m thinking something fairly simple so as not to distract from the stitchery.  

Possibly one of this bundle might work. We’ll just make it up as we go along.

I’m linking up with Stories from the Sewing Room.

RAINBOW SCRAP CHALLENGE

Having completed the black and white RSC quilt, I am taking a little break from this challenge until the start of next year.  It has been fun and I’m very pleased to have a completed project to show for it.  In the mean time, I will start thinking about what project/s to work on in 2024.

KNITTING OR CROCHET PROJECT

I have a couple of quick projects that I will work on this month.  Knitting or crochet are good to take to my Friday stitching group.

HAND STITCHING

I have already done a tiny bit this month and have nothing else on the go at the moment.  However, I always take hand stitching to my Wednesday patchwork group, so there will definitely be something happening.

USE MONIQUE

I have several quilts waiting to have Monique work her magic. As she is now accessible, I hope to use her some more this month.

WIP/UFO

Quilting some quilts that are waiting patiently will count for this goal.

FINISH SOMETHING

I’m sure that will happen, given the list of goals that I have already made.

15 MINUTES A DAY

Yes, I want to keep up with this.  I was a bit slack last month, so need to up the ante.

OTHER GOALS

READ A BOOK

There is still quite a pile of books next to my chair, so something will get read.

TRY A NEW RECIPE

The latest Coles magazine has just come out.  There should be something in there worth trying.

GO AWAY IN THE CARAVAN

Fingers crossed, this will happen.

KEEP MY BLOG UP TO DATE

After my mammoth effort last month to catch up, it should be relatively easy to keep it up to date.  Well, that is the theory.

As always, it will be fun to check back at the end of the month and see how I went.

Bathurst Open Gardens

Last weekend saw Bathurst host their annual open gardens.  Each year Mick and I are joined by one of my friends for a delightful day out.  After two feral days weather wise, being cold and windy, Saturday proved to be a perfect spring day.  What a relief for the organisers.

Our first stop was “3 Veg Farm”, which was one I was looking forward to visiting.  A local lady has started a market garden using organic no dig methods on what was an industrial waste land.  She grows a variety of plants to sell at the farmers market and from her farm.  This garden was only started two and a half years ago.

One of her main methods of fertilising is by growing green manure crops, a blend of oats, rye, and legumes.

Once mature, she the cuts the crop and leaves it lying on the ground with the roots still in place to rot away.  Into this she then plants her veges.

The site is bounded by a creek and she is also encouraging local wildlife and has created a camping area.

All the buildings have been built from recycled materials.

Two gardens were standouts this year, both being opened for the firsts time.  The first one was “Seldon Park”.  As you walked in you were greeted by a cute coffee van and a renovated train carriage.  It turns out that the train is an Air BNB property.

The garden was based around a renovated older home with cute smaller cottage to the side.

Although not large it had so many pretty sections. Let’s take a little wander.

The garden is surrounded by lucerne paddocks, with some very old fruit trees and a small crop of garlic.

The next garden was also a stand out.  

You were greeted by this old truck, which was obviously a feature at a recent wedding.  

The owners’ COVID project was to build a wind shelter overlooking the view. It is made from pallets and then partly clad in rusty corrugated iron.  It would be a lovely place to sit of a late afternoon.

This was a more rambling country garden.  Come for a walk.

It was just beautiful.

I know it seems sacrilegious to me, but this display on the back verandah was so pretty.

At the other end of the verandah was their small gardening tools bench.  Even it was rather attractive.

There were some other lovely gardens to see as well.  Most we have actually visited in previous years.  Here is a random sample.

I hope you enjoyed visiting the gardens as much as we did.