I dehydrated lots of apples from our trees. They made yummy homemade Christmas gifts!

The finished product!

My husband put together our chicken coop. I’m excited to add chickens to the homestead this summer!

He also made these very sturdy “awnings” for my bee colonies, to help keep their hive boxes dry when it rains. This is the bottom, that rests on top of the hive cover

Here’s the “awnings” on top of the boxes. The bricks are on top to keep wind from blowing them off 🙂

The lemons started to show a hint of yellow.

All the rain in November caused the lemon tree to have a growth spurt, and grow taller than the power lines!

My big peach tree turned a beautiful orange, and started to lose it’s leaves.

At the end of September, I planted the seedlings for my small fall/winter garden.

I’m attempting to grown cabbage, kale, carrots, and arugula. I also planted dill and chives to help with pest management.

Here’s the first growth of the arugula that I sowed directly into the soil.

Here’s what the garden looked like in early November.

My dill and cabbage grew quickly!

I picked this carrot in early December, just to see how they were coming along.

In early December, I was able to harvest a small amount of arugula, kale, and dill..

We had a couple nights of freezing temperatures, so I made sure to protect our Meyer lemon tree.

The rain encouraged our rhododendron to bloom.

Our first camilla flower appeared too!