gardening
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Flax is harvested!
Exactly 31 days after the first bloom ☺️. The flowers were so pretty in the morning sunlight and I can’t wait to plant more next year. Not sure my neighbors would approve of the whole yard eventually being just flax, but gosh would I love it. Also started my own first indigo vat! I used Continue reading
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It’s garden season
I’ve been working on veggies in the back and dyes in the front. We have to big raised beds in the back so far, with tomatoes, jalapenos, squash, zucchini, and radishes. I imagine I’ll only get one harvest of radishes before it’s too hot for them, and maybe then I can do more in the Continue reading
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Flax time
I’ve dedicated a whole 16 square foot plot for just flax and planted it last Friday. It looks like just maybe several seeds are starting to germinate, so here’s hoping I have a good crop to harvest this year! I’ve not really been finishing any projects these past months, though I have picked up Chinese Continue reading
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Recent activities
I’ve been busy lately. Learned a really good milk bread recipe: Been taking Alice to the vet — all is well now, she had some skin issues but they are clearing up and I don’t have to put her in a car again for another year, hooray! Found some I think buffle head duck feathers Continue reading
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I spent a week at the John C. Campbell Folk School
I took a class on cultivating and using natural dyes this week and wow! I don’t have words for what an experience this was. I got to meet some lovely, creative, kind, talented people, learn from an extremely knowledgeable teacher, and I returned home with newfound confidence and skills. The campus is absolutely divine. It Continue reading
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Some project progress, some flowers, some general activity
Moved on to bobbin number 3 this week! Excited to go back to spinning flax (probably gonna go through the roving first before I attempt spinning from a strick again, and then try to weave with it). Have been busy this week– helped out with a big library event yesterday and then did some archery Continue reading
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The gardening learning curve
Could probably have been less steep if I had done more reading before diving right on into growing things. However, I have still had luck so far with some of my veggies– behold! The fruits of my (possibly ill-advised? Certainly well meaning) labor! Additionally, my two little sprays of flax are blooming ferociously now. Hopefully Continue reading
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I miss blogs of the old days
So I’m making one! Take that social media! Had a gift in the mail today from a wonderful friend. I can’t wait to learn more about flax, especially since my experiment of growing some this year has not yielded great results. This book is almost as old as I am, but besides any archaeological discoveries, Continue reading
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I am an avid learner of things, maker of clothes (mostly), herder of cats, and hugger of sheep. I’m just trying to eke out a humble little existence in this delightfully weird wide world. Feel free to come along for the ride.
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