The bottom row is put together, so I just need to put all the other red sashing and black cornerstones on and then make a border or two.
Meanwhile on the farm, my sons convinced me to hire someone to help get the garden in and the hoop house ready to plant. I feel so behind this year. We brought 14 bales of peat moss and 21 bags of all purpose sand home today in 4 trips to Lowes. Our boxes were getting depleted from weeding and produce. Seems whatever you take out, takes a bit of dirt with it and after a few crops, one needs to replenish the beds. We still need to do something to lighten up the soil on our hillside beds – haven’t thought that one through yet. There will be a good number of potatoes out there plus garlic and squash and cruciferous plants, which need room. And I still have not started my plants. That must happen this week!
Today, we decided that perhaps summer will come, so went to Lowe’s and purchased enough peat moss and sand to fill our hoop house boxes back to the top. Over the years, as I’ve taken produce and weeds out, the quantity of the boxes has diminished.
I also decided on another sock project. Somehow my hands feel lonely without yarn in them. Mostly, I’ve been spinning, but it is time for knitting again. There is no particular pattern as I just knit 6, purl 2 on 64 stitches. And since I didn’t easily find where they match, (still haven’t), I’m just making them “cousin” socks. I’ll be wearing them, so it doesn’t really matter.