I laid this fleece preparing to skirt it (take all the junk off it) when I realized, I need help determining how much to remove. It seems a bit matted to me. So I will wait until I find someone more knowledgeable to help me. There are three of these fleeces. By that time, I should have learned how to skirt them.
And the sewing I thought I would get to do today, didn’t happen because we needed potatoes. This is a 44′ row and I had dug just about half of it two weeks ago, but we ate all those potatoes and needed more. So I removed these red, white, and blue potatoes. Interestingly, I found the red potatoes to be the most prolific and robust.
Then we planted these bell peppers which were waiting for a spot in the hoop house. There is a double row of them. I hope they grow fast because it is already the first of July and I am late getting them a home.
This is where the tomatoes have gone. I’m going to have to coax them back down. There are tons of blossoms, some fruits, but no color yet. And today the sweet potatoes opened their first blossoms.
Then we needed to go shopping for a garden hose. Our back garden is on 3 levels and to make it easier to water, I want to leave a hose on each level and a lightweight hose to drag up and down the steps which we can then connect to the hose that goes down the row we want to water. (DH had trouble understanding that as well)
A trip to the feed store and a quick in and out at the grocery completed out day. I love going into the produce section and seeing all that food, thinking that I don’t need to buy any of it – well except for bananas and avocados. And I did need vinegar for cleaning. I have found vinegar and baking soda does a great job on toilets and vinegar cleans most everything else.
And that was the day, I was going to have just for sewing. But guess what, Mary is scheduled to come on Sunday and that will be a fun treat, though we haven’t decided on a project.
But for the next 24 hours, I’m entertaining Heavenly guests and listening to what they have to teach. Happy Sabbath and have a great weekend.
Another 2.5 hours of digging potatoes this morning, followed by lunch and a brief rest in the sun (before we lose it for winter). The afternoon was spent sorting about 2/3 of the 300+ pounds of potatoes and company came for a bit. I promise you this is the end of potatoes for a long while.
The morning started with mending 2 pair of pants. These turned out surprisingly well for daughter. Then it was off to give a bit of supervision to someone who was going to help me today. He did get the “wee barn” swept out and the sleeping area for the three sheep all cleaned. It looks and smells good in there now.
Remember I purchased this book two weeks ago. And because I promised you that I would make something out of it as soon as the bear could be put aside, I started on a quilt from it today.
The name of this is “Jelly Forest” and I’m using a jelly roll that I found in my supplies. (imagine that) It is cut out and lying on the cutting table which means until it is put together, I won’t be cutting anything else out. My hope is that will happen by week’s end.
I’m really happy about how these three yarns worked together. As well, I ran out of the first two yarns and only have some of the toe yarn left.
So now there are three big piles of wool waiting for sale and/or processing.
I know I said I wasn’t going to test any more quilts for a bit, but this is a Christmas wall hanging and just too cute to pass up. The border for this quilt is these small log cabin blocks – just 28 of them. I quit for the day
wrangled sheep. Well actually we held doors open and shut as needed, while the fellow who owns the sheep wrangled the sheep into his livestock trailer. Only one photo because it’s difficult to help herd sheep while trying to get uncooperative sheep into a trailer and keeping let the ones already on there from getting back off. So for the time being we are down to three sheep . We will be getting more sheep – sometime – either this summer or next spring.