The October restock
One slow Sunday in October does most of winter's work. Restock the shelf, start what needs weeks, and let the garden hand over what's left before the frost keeps its own calendar.
Syrups & honeys
- Elderberry syrup — a double batch
- Garlic honey — started now
- Ginger honey — for the teapot
The tea drawer
- Chamomile — restock
- Peppermint — restock
- Thyme — for steams
- Sage — for gargles
- Nettle — for mornings
The basket
- Lemons — a standing supply
- Fresh ginger root
- Garlic — two heads
- Cinnamon sticks
- Raw honey — the big jar
Check & replace
- Anything past its year
- Unlabeled jars — label or let go
- Clean muslin cloths
Before the first frost
- Cut the tender herbs
- basil and balm won't survive the night
- Hang what you cut
- twine, a beam, ten days
- Pot one rosemary
- it winters on the sill
- Start the syrup
- elderberry wants three weeks
- Note what ran out
- next year's list writes itself
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