Today’s pickings – a canner load of beans
8 large zucchini because I forgot we had planted them in that spot and I thought that was a different type of squash.
5 ears of corn – most of the corn didn’t do very good this year. I will have to deal with canning and making zucchini patties and bread the rest of this week.
Often when I get a new machine, they aren’t interested in what I have to trade in, so they sit here. It was time to clean all that out. So I pulled out the machines and readied for sale the ones that are working. There are two that don’t work well enough to sell them. Since they are electronic machines, I’m not sure what I can do with them. And I’m not sure if anyone will want the accessories that came with them. However, the machines are leaving here shortly. I just have to decide how to deal with them. The good ones will go on Craig’s list.
A little shopping and this marvelous new workhorse came home with me today. Babylocks are quality machines and I anticipate much enjoyment using it.
This is her on the left and the Evolution she is replacing is on the right. She has a knee pedal, plus a larger harp area and the foot lever is on the front of the machine. The throat (harp) area is large enough to use on quilts, so this one should get much more use. I only used the Evolution for finishing off seams as it was difficult to get bulk through her. Now I have to clean the threads etc. off and put her up for sale. The store’s policy is that anyone who buys a used Babylock can take the operating lessons from them for free, so that will help, plus a used machine sells for a lower price than a new one.
It’s a START. This quilt pattern is also from “Strip your Stash” . And once again it is a large lap size. It is going a bit slow because I am cutting a lot of scraps as I go.
Today is the first day of the rest of my life, right? Therefore, it is time to start learning how to use the serger for other than just finishing seams. I went to a class today and we learned this cover stitch decoration as well as how to thread the machine for this procedure. We also learned how to do another stitch, but since I didn’t have wash away thread, that didn’t get done.
After the chiropractic appointment, we stopped to shop at Whole Foods. While there we each had a large burrito. They were HUGE. This is the half that I couldn’t eat. We were running late so I decided to take a raincheck on the infomercial at Sew Fun and will attend that next week.
As we were coming home, I received a call from Mary, who wanted to come over for a
These are today’s pickings. Probably 60-70 garlics for use and storage, 6 onions and a few potatoes for the next week’s use. I am so thankful for a good garden this year.
Can you see all the moss? We had someone out today to clean the roof and gutters. And the roof looks new again. Apparently, this fellow had an extra half day, and since he has done other work for us in the past, he had a lot to look at and show us as well. He loves showing off his high pressure sprayer, so he showed us how he can even weed with it That was interesting. Next week he will bring his big truck and take away all the garbage a farm can collect – rotting boards, pieces of fencing, it goes on.
As you can see, the quilt top is slightly larger than my board. The quilt is from “Strip your stash” by Gunrun Erla and published by stashbooks. This quilt top is 55 x 82, which will make a nice lap top. It is the first in the book. The instructions were very good and accurate. I used a jelly roll that was precut, but one can cut their own 2.5″ strips as she has instructions in the book.
In the bare spot down the row, I removed the cauliflower which wasn’t doing much and planted lettuce, carrots, and beets.
This is the bottom of a bug of some sort caught in a web. He was about an inch long and one I had not seen before.
A big job today was tying up the bell peppers. I was waiting for someone to string the wire to tie them to, but that hasn’t happened, so I used what was there from tomatoes last year.
It looks like there will be many peppers this year. I really like to freeze them so I’m not paying $4.00 a pound or more.
I thought these were pickling cukes, but they are fuzzy on the outside, so will wait and see what they become.
The sweet potatoes are doing their best to over run the place. They are excellent competition for the tomatoes. I had no idea, they would do that.
The tomatoes have hit the top, so maybe they will come back down now. I’m picking a handful of cherry tomatoes nearly every day. And volunteers are still springing up. It’s so hard to treat them like the weeds they have become.
larger tomatoes getting color
more lettuce and beets coming up – planted two weeks ago.
Our morning visitors today. I had no idea what this little fellow was. His head is raspberry color. He is a purple finch. Our most frequent visitors are goldfinch and black headed grosbeak.
I was able to get the rest of these “trees” done
