Jasmine makes elderberry cordial.

This elderberry cordial made from the berries growing on our elderberry bush in the chook pen looks and tastes beautiful. It is so brightly coloured and Jasmine added ginger and a splash of pineapple juice.

Handsome Bunny cat and flowers for Christmas.

The garden is all ready for Christmas, I bought some nice geraniums at the markets last weekend and they look great. There is Bunny cat looking at my blue cat garden statue.

Jasmine makes guitar and cat biscuits.

Jasmine got a rock guitar biscuit cutter and a sweet treats receipe book from her friend Nicole and made some gorgeous lime shortbread biscuits.

The egg laying ladies and three eggs today....

Here are my four egg laying chooks and my small permanently clucky bantam.

Also here is my beautiful darling manx man checking todays eggs.

Purple capsicums and the view over the fence.

Jasmine took these wonderful photos on Sunday and they are just lovely!

The chooks are laying again an we have had rain!

The chooks seem to be laying again so it will be rosewater macaroons on the weekend and the lovely cooler overcast weather with a few showers has made everything lush and green.

New dreadlock scarves fully felted.

More beautiful 100% merino wool felted dreadlock scarves. These colourful and unusual scarves are approximately 145cm long and are $12 Australian dollars each.

Christmas at Home Cottage!

Only home made gifts under the tree this year: like hats from my own spun wool, soy candles, dreadlock scarves, felted needlebooks and dried fruits in riesling. We made the gift tags from the brown card that the gift wrap was rolled around .

Plenty of food at Home Cottage!

Sticking seeds and seedlings everywhere several weeks ago has certainly paid off! There is silverbeet to harvest, little tomatoes, so many herbs, zuchinni and button squash. The sweet corn is growing and there is heaps of Chinese stir fry greens growing with a few weeks to go until harvest time. The cos lettuces and parsley are still a bit small and I am hoping to harvest the pumpkin for New Year.