I mentioned making these drinks from tumeric in the comments yesterday. My tumeric and ginger are growing well around the garden and im looking forward to the beginning of winter when I can start harvesting and using it. Ive made fire cidar vinegar twice now at the beginning of winter. I use in witholive oil as a salad dressing and also add hot water and honey to make it a hot drink. Good for an immune boost. https://www.herbcottage.com.au/blogs/grow-your-health/fire-cider-recipe Jamu is an Indonesian health drink. Looking at all the recipes they are a bit different but the main ingredients appear to be tumeric, ginger, lemon and honey simmered together. SPICED JAMU Chopped ginger Chopped tumeric Some slices of lemon or lime Cinnamon stick A few cloves Peppercorns Star anise Lemon grass Add a bit of water and simmer away. I keep it on the stove the whole day so that whoever is sick with colds or flu can top up with water and re simmer and get multiple drinks out of it. We add honey to it before drinking it too. I can't say if it actually helps the cold/flu, but I think it probably does and people feel loved and cared for if you make some up for them.

So it’s been quite a few weeks since I showed some photos of my garden so I thought I would add more for your viewing pleasure. I haven't been able to do much in the garden for the past few days as I have been resting my back (herniated discs in lumbar) and arthritis in right hip (I think it’s starting in my left as well). I did pick up a couple of thornless blackberries “Chester” & planted them in a pot yesterday & today I had a play in my worm 🪱 farm…..& collected the castings. So many worms that I will definitely need another worm farm soon or try @Marty Ware compost system (not sure how to start that atm).

My squash was a huge success this year! My 2 plants put out a lot of fruit and this baby I kept for seeds. I did have an issue with powdery mildew but chopped off the affected stems and fed them to my worms, they really enjoyed the leaves. Then the plants just powered on 💪 Who here likes squash?