Hunkering down in December

Yep short days and long grey evenings. Chores galore; I am pleased to know that the firewood is handled within an orderly system: split wood is stacked and covered to dry further and now it is moved into the basement.
I did provide the father and daughter team with appropriate sustenance, leek and potato soup.

From the 2014 growing season, I have become quite enamoured with the cultivation of leeks. It is a most tolerant plant, stick the seedlings in early June and harvest in November. At harvest cut off the roots and store in a very cool corner to use in December. Ho Ho Ho.

Another peasant dish today; Chocolate Zucchini Cake to celebrate the Solstice. A postscript added on December 21.