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Garden, sewing, sun
Jun. 2nd, 2014 12:43 pmRaised bed still isn't done -- did do some work on it, but fitting miscellaneous rocks together to form a wall is a bit of work. The veg can't wait though, so two tomatoes are in large pots, with two new ones awaiting their turn to be re-potted into big pots. They're going to be "topiaries" on the patio...
The red leaf lettuce, curly kale, and swiss chard are all in proper pots, which will at least buy me a little more time. Glad I traded or sold some of the swiss chard though (that's how I got 2 kale) -- even with only keeping half the 6-pack, I have 12 of them! The lettuce 6-pack only went up to 8 proper lettuce and 3-4 seedlings that might make it. I'd rather have too much swiss chard than too much lettuce, since we can (and will!) blanch and freeze some of that for the winter.
Also repotted the golden sage today, and divided the lemon balm from one pot into seven. I was going to just have one big pot of it, but turns out it's good for helping to keep ticks and mosquitoes away. Since I got bit by a tick last week, I'm a bit more motivated to plant things that will help discourage their presence. We have a lot of landscaping to do -- more like terraforming -- so I'll just work on increasing the amount of lemon balm and other plants in pots while we work on the yard.
Tomorrow will be dividing the lemon grass, and then if I can manage it, I'll work on the peppermint the next day. Fortunately I can do this on the porch and stay out of the sun.
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Sewing, not a lot actually. I messed up the order I was supposed to put the layers for the obi in, so I've been working on fixing that so that the interfacing will actually be _inside_ when I'm done. If I don't mess something else up, I should be able to finish it today.
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Sun. I have to stay out of it while on the doxycycline -- apparently that means my eyes, too. Got quite the headache when we drove down to S. Deerfield for baptism yesterday.
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Staged some things in the family barn to get moved to the trailer -- nice, out-of-the-sun activity.
L did hours of fence repair yesterday. BiL R wants to put young stock in to keep the pasture down around the hay field, which hasn't been done for a few years, so it needs some TLC. Nephew C is also working on the fence when he has time.
The red leaf lettuce, curly kale, and swiss chard are all in proper pots, which will at least buy me a little more time. Glad I traded or sold some of the swiss chard though (that's how I got 2 kale) -- even with only keeping half the 6-pack, I have 12 of them! The lettuce 6-pack only went up to 8 proper lettuce and 3-4 seedlings that might make it. I'd rather have too much swiss chard than too much lettuce, since we can (and will!) blanch and freeze some of that for the winter.
Also repotted the golden sage today, and divided the lemon balm from one pot into seven. I was going to just have one big pot of it, but turns out it's good for helping to keep ticks and mosquitoes away. Since I got bit by a tick last week, I'm a bit more motivated to plant things that will help discourage their presence. We have a lot of landscaping to do -- more like terraforming -- so I'll just work on increasing the amount of lemon balm and other plants in pots while we work on the yard.
Tomorrow will be dividing the lemon grass, and then if I can manage it, I'll work on the peppermint the next day. Fortunately I can do this on the porch and stay out of the sun.
***
Sewing, not a lot actually. I messed up the order I was supposed to put the layers for the obi in, so I've been working on fixing that so that the interfacing will actually be _inside_ when I'm done. If I don't mess something else up, I should be able to finish it today.
***
Sun. I have to stay out of it while on the doxycycline -- apparently that means my eyes, too. Got quite the headache when we drove down to S. Deerfield for baptism yesterday.
***
Staged some things in the family barn to get moved to the trailer -- nice, out-of-the-sun activity.
L did hours of fence repair yesterday. BiL R wants to put young stock in to keep the pasture down around the hay field, which hasn't been done for a few years, so it needs some TLC. Nephew C is also working on the fence when he has time.
