This month I'm trying something new and joining many other bloggers with the Slow Living Monthly Nine , started by Christine at Slow Living Essentials and currently hosted by Linda at Greenhaven . Its been interesting to try to write under each of the nine categories, I think it will get easier each month! Nourish We have been using up the beef in our freezer to prepare for our next butcher day coming up in mid-September. This month Pete suggested that we try making jerky. We used a kit and made it in our dehydrator from the last of our rump steak. It came out really nice and I ate most of it. Now I'm looking forward to having more rump and trying some new recipes! homemade jerky Prepare Preparing for butcher day involves digging a hole for the waste, making sure we have enough plastic freezer bags (to bag 300 kg of meat), cleaning out the freezer, and often buying some new equipment. This year Pete spotted a heavy duty mincer ...