Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 8:38PM Keeping my green thumb to myself
It hasn't all been episodes of NCIS and professional napping around here. As evidenced by my earlier post this week, there has been gardening. I started most of my veggies from seed (using a homemade growlight system, which actually worked really well), and we augmented with some pepper seedlings. I refuse, REFUSE, to let those squirrels eat all of my produce this year.
Enter Justin and 50 feet of chicken wire.
We still have the other part of the "L" to do, but nothing is really growing there yet, so we have time.
In addition to the fencing, Justin put up some supports for the heavier vegetables - zuchinni, squash and tomatoes. I got to use my mad knot tying skills. Way to go, $3 net.
So things are good in the garden. We've even been able to enjoy some of our food already. Lettuce! Love you, lettuce! (This is round two of planting. Round one didn't come up after three weeks, so I just threw some seeds on top of the dirt and hoped for the best. It totally worked.)
28 things to do while I'm 28
1. Finish the wedding quilt.
2. Finish the triangle quilt.
3. Ride bikes with Justin.
4. Sew the grey and pink fleece coat.
5. Design and knit my Weasley sweater.
6. Make Elizabeth Zimmerman's modified yoke/raglan/whatever sweater.
7. Sew another skirt. Maybe two. 2/28/09 - It's super cute AND it fits perfectly.
8. Finish all 3 lingering UFOs
9. Knit a sweater for Justin.
10. Knit 20% of my yarn stash, including any new additions.
11. Spin 30% of my fiber stash, including any new additions.
12. Read all of the Anne of Green Gables books.
13. Take a cooking class.
14. Read the Chronicles of Narnia books.
15. Beat Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on Gamecube.
16. Train Gracie to be a therapy dog.
17. Repaint the concession wall in the bedroom
18. Spin and knit a sweater.
19. Create a series (at least three pieces) of art quilts.
20. Finish the first draft of my story.
21. Complete the first cross stitch I ever started (8th grade?).
22. Complete and submit the first level of the Master Knitter's program.
23. Get new furniture for the family room.
23a. Do not kill Justin in the process of above.
24. Construct some sort of anti-squirrel contraption in the vegetable garden.
25. Take a long weekend vacation with Justin.
26. Learn Tunision crochet
27. Learn to embroider
28. Re-open my Etsy store
Reader Comments (1)
Yes to reopening your etsy shop! I'm halfway through the Greenjeans socks!