2008 was my start on becoming more self sufficient. Less dependent on the industrial food system, and the mall, is where I started. I feel good about our progress. I had my first vegetable garden this year. We were quite successful and learned a lot. I LOVE tomatoes fresh from the garden. Fresh green beans [...]
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She pondered last year and looks forward to this year January 1, 2009
Posted in Advent Journey, Embroidery, Garden, Just stuff, Knitting, Locavore, Sewing, Tutorials, craftivism, house projects on January 2, 2009 | 8 Comments »
She worked on a Sweater and Started to get Organized December 28, 2008
Posted in Just stuff, Knitting, house projects on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Getting organized. I’ve been very disorganized lately, much more focused on doing things than cleaning up after the doing…instead just jumping on to the next thing. I still had canning supplies cluttering the laundry room, and we have to do the sorting of the toys and determine what should go and what should stay so [...]
She made 2 dolls, worked on the scarf and made a table November 16, 2008
Posted in Christmas Gifts, Just stuff, Knitting, Sewing, craftivism, house projects, tagged home project, IKEA, Knitting, Making a Sofa Table, Scarf, toy box, wood project on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend was well used. Saturday was spent time with family participating in one of our holiday traditions. There is an organization called Samaritan’s Purse which, every year, organizes an amazing event. People all over the country take shoe box and fill them will necessity items and toys, to be sent to a child in [...]
She canned tomatoes, made pesto, dried tomatoes, worked on her sweater… September 24, 2008
Posted in Knitting, Locavore, house projects, tagged canned tomatoes, Corn chowder, dried tomatoes, Knitting, Lady sweater on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What a day! I had some successes and some failures. Needless to say, I’m a little frustrated with the later, as it constitutes a waste of time and some money, but hey, you can’t be good at everything, and I’m not…certainly my greatest weakness is my “kitchen skills”. My mom is amazing in the kitchen [...]
She got two more chickens! June 7, 2008
Posted in Garden, Locavore, house projects, tagged chickens, dorkings, Garden, heritage breeds, sussex, vegetables on June 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I started this morning early, well at least for me. I woke up at 8am, and went with my mom to the town library perennial sale. Mom got a wagon full of plants, and I went away with a modest basil and Iris. The basil is small and the Iris is just greens for right [...]
She painted her Coop June 3, 2008
Posted in Just stuff, Locavore, house projects, tagged chicken coop on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today, was a day of nothing working out! I was going to paint the chicken coop, and a series of things delayed the start, leaving me just enough time to paint one side, then other interruptions, followed by rain. I was glad that I had knitting class tonight, as I needed the relaxation and distraction. [...]
Started the Chicken Coop May 31, 2008
Posted in Just stuff, Knitting, Locavore, house projects, tagged chicken coop, chickens, Knitting, malabrigo, Yarn on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was awoken by a serious crack of thunder that made me think there had been an explosion, until I came to enough to know that it was raining, so it must have been thunder and lightening. It’s good there will be rain, as it’s been VERY dry here. It’s made for a nice spring [...]
She finished the walk and made a bonnet May 15, 2008
Posted in Knitting, Sewing, house projects, tagged Blue Sky Alpaca, house project, Knitting, Sewing, simplicity bonnet pattern, sweater, Tangelo on May 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
First, I promised pics of the sweater a couple days ago. My second Tangelo, this one made with Blue Sky Alpaca Organic Cotton. It’s a pretty periwinkle color. Thank you Isabelle for modeling…
I have been working on my yard, turning it into a garden and I wanted to lay pavers to create a walk. [...]
She worked hard and has little to show for it May 8, 2008
Posted in Sewing, house projects, tagged pavers, Sewing, walkway on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I made 3 test shirts. I made them out of muslin to test the fit. I didn’t like any of them. One has potential, and I’m going to make a few alterations and see what happens from there. So a lot of time spent for no substantial gain…other then knowing what I don’t want, [...]
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