Wednesday in the garden

We had over 4.4" of rain in the last week. I counted over 21 tomatoes in the garden yesterday. All of the plants have been mulched and I hope to plant the okra this evening. The cucumbers and bell pepper plants are blooming. The red onions are doing well.

trying something new

I wanted to try something new. I currently machine quilt with a Juki on a John Watts Quilter Frame. I machine quilted all over a practice piece with white thread and then I changed the top thread to purple and tried some thread work on the piece. I wasn't really happy with it. Meloney asked me to share the piece and here it is. I do think that I may like raw edge machine applique. I want to try it soon. I may try this again in more detail. I was also experimenting with a 100% poly embroidery thread with this piece. It was interesting to work with.

Earthday

This is a picture of the containers that get dropped at the park n ride each Friday for recycling.

We can recycle plastics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 7 at this center. This pictures shows the plastics collected from 3 house holds for several weeks.

We don't have a lot of glass to recycle but, when we fill up a couple of buckets I take them to the local recycling center.

In honor of Earthday, I have started my recycling post today. We recycle everything we can around here. It's fairly to get rid of paper/postboard/cardboard products here.

In 2008 I read that 1/3 of the waste in landfills is from packaging. I was shocked and we (our grown sons are also into this) started recycling again. This picture was taken in a local library parking lot. I use an empty bolt from fabric to hold the container open so I can dispose of the paper/postboard/cardboard products more easily. In our area you can find these containers at all the county libraries parking lots, all the school parking lots and most church parking lots.

I collect until my containers get full and then dispose when I'm at the library anyway.

All our junk mail, newspapers, cereal boxes, jar labels, can labels, and cardboard boxes are recycled this way.

Wednesday in the garden

The walking iris plants have been blooming and they were especially pretty this morning.

It's Wednesday in the garden. Over the weekend we had 5" of rain, all the staked tomatoes did well. The ones that weren't staked took a beating. We lost the transplanted cucumber plant in the last week. We have a few baby tomatoes and the bell pepper plants have started to bloom. The red onions, green beans and cucumbers are growing. We are already making plans for a winter garden.

I Can Make a Rainbow

There was a catagory for children at the Bay Area Quilt Show this weekend. Our 8 year old grandson pieced the center of this quilt and I finished it. All the kids got ribbons for entering a quilt in the show.

Winter in Texas-wins 2nd place ribbon

I was thrilled to find out that Winter in Texas took a 2nd place ribbon in the Bay Area Quilt Show in Pearland, Texas.

The bird bath and plants were pictures I took in our backyard. I printed them on fabric and appliqued them to a hand dyed fabric. The machine quilting was a combination of straight stitching with a walking foot and free motion quilting. This quilt was made in response to a challenge from a challenge group that I'm in on the internet.

Wednesday in the garden

Things are moving right along in the garden. The Marigold's and tomatoes are blooming. The onions and green beans are up. Another cucumber plant has come up. The tomato plants have been staked and we're expecting several days of rain starting tomorrow. Weeds are starting to grow and I'll be working on them today.