Latest work

More than 2 months

I've been getting into a routine. The boy started school and it's taken me almost 2 months to get going. About 2 days a week I am efficient and 3 days not so much. I've been quilting recently and I should be taking up knitting again soon. I need me some wool socks.

Independence day update

Plant something-nada
Harvest something-Eggs, cabbage, cukes, summer squash, peas, beets, potatoes
Preserve something-nada but soon
Reduce waste-fed stuff to chickens
Preparation and Storage-Started plannning with the neighbor for wood purchase and harvesting of wood, also started planning next year's garden expansion.
Build Community Food Systems-Sold some eggs, bought sweet corn from a local farm, gave away squash, peas and beets.
Eat the Food-still eating from the garden, eating eggs and the side of beef we bought from Morning Fog Farm.

Independence day

Plant something-my neighbor brought me cabbage, pepper, tomato, melon and squash plants. I jammed stuff into the garden.
Harvest something-Spinach, baby lettuce, tatsoi, eggs.
Preserve something-nada
Reduce waste-fed stuff to chickens and I used lawn clippings to mulch the potatoes.
Preparation and Storage-used up the last of last year's raspberries for dessert night with the neighbors.
Build Community Food Systems-Sold some egg, shared above plants with another neighbor, bought lunch at the farmer's market one day and shopped at a locally owned bulk food store for some baking ingredients.
Eat the Food-still eating from the garden, eating eggs and the side of beef we bought from Morning Fog Farm. The afore mentioned raspberries fall into this category too.

Independence Day

Plant something-got more tomato and pepper plants, also 1 eggplant to replace the frostbit plants. Planted more spinach.
Harvest something-Spinach, baby lettuce, tatsoi and some meculun mix.
Preserve something-nada
Reduce waste-fed stuff to chickens and I used lawn clippings to mulch the potatoes. This will be a weekly event.
Preparation and Storage-practiced baking with freshly ground wheat.
Build Community Food Systems-Sold some eggs.
Eat the Food-still eating from the garden, eating eggs and the side of beef we bought from Morning Fog Farm.

Independence Day

Plant something-Not doing so good here. Will plant more spinach and lettuce. I need to get some more tomato and pepper plants.

Harvest something-We had radishes! Spinach soon.

Preserve something-nada

Reduce waste-fed birthday cake to chickens.

Preparation and Storage-got out the water filter and tried it out.

Build Community Food Systems-admired the neighbors new garden and it's weed-free-ness and fence. Sold some eggs.

Eat the Food-still eating.

Latest creation

This was my experiment with hand quilting.

Independence Days

I am going to do a challenge thrown down by my friend Sharon(see links on the left for her blog), involves doing a lot of your own food production and supporting local producers. The steps are:

1. Plant something
2. Harvest something
3. Preserve something
4. Reduce waste
5. Preparation and Storage
6. Build Community Food Systems
7. Eat the Food

For this week I planted tomato, peppers and eggplant plants that promptly got frost burned.

I may get an asparagus spear this week.

Nothing to preserve right now.

I'm forever composting or feeding scraps to the chickens.

Right now we are eating some of our food storage because I'm too lazy to go shopping.

I sold some eggs and gave some away. I also bought plants from a really local greenhouse.

We eat the food, everyday.

Latest finished project

This is a table runner I completed while on vacation. I'm working on a mini quilt made from scraps now that will be a doll's blanket.

It's May

I'm working on the garden a little at a time. Peas are in. Lettuce, spinach, beets, tatsoi and mache' are in. I don't think my blueberries survived.

I was really lazy and did not start any plants indoors. I bought tomato, pepper, eggplant, cabbage, snapdragon and marigold plants.

I did start some melon plants indoors on the windowsill.

Obsession

Quilting is my latest obsession. This is a table runner that I made last week. It's about 17.5 x 51. Cutting out the pieces was the most time consuming part. I'm contemplating a Etsy store when I get a little more proficient. The top picture is the runner quilted but not yet bound. The bottom one is completely finished. I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out.

Quilt top

This is bordering on the obsessive. This quilt top is about 30x30.

Finished quilt block

My first quilting project

Introducing "The Princess Cape"

It was like "Fiddler on the Roof"

We have a new addition. I have so many projects in my head. I have to wite them down or forget them.

I patched some jeans. I played around with an embroidery stitch. I'm going to make a princess cape for a little girl that invited my son to her 5th birthday party. Quilting is on my agenda, as well as recovering the couch.

Knitting

This is a hat and booties that I finished this past weekend. I'm really happy with the results. This is my first baby project.

Seeds ordered and the competence project

I sent in my seed and potato order on December 31. Now I'm just waiting for everything to arrive.

I've been knitting. Sharon (link to her blog over on the left) put out a competence project. She thought that people do not do things that they can't be good at immediately so they don't learn skills that could be really useful after the apocolypse. My project was to learn how to knit socks. Well I did it. I knitted a sock. For practice I first knitted a Christmas stocking for the boy. Then I knitted the sock using an easy pattern that my friend Susanne gave me. Now I'm working on a pair of baby booties and hat for a family I know. Then I'll make the second sock. After that, who knows. I may knit a rug.

Pictures later.