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Squashville

July 17, 2011

As predicted, the pumpkin situation is on its way to becoming out of control.  Which I love.  One of the problems, that I also knew was coming, is that with a few exceptions, I don’t remember which plant is which.  I was too lazy to make nice tags, and I figured that things would become [...]

Pests

January 6, 2011

My brussels sprouts have a pest problem. And these are the pests. At first I was shooing them out of this area, but the brussels sprouts are the last thing remaining in the garden, so I kind of gave up.  And, well, the chickens really like them. Liesel-Chicken doesn’t think she’s a pest. So this [...]

Draft Snakes

January 5, 2011

It is all kinds of drafty in my house.  I’ve been meaning to make some draft snakes for my doors for several weeks, but the looming end of vacation lit a fire under my ass, and I finally got to them yesterday. First, I measured three strips around 8 inches by 40 inches. Then I [...]

…Get Stitches

December 15, 2010

I can never remember where I learn about new blogs. One link leads to the next and suddenly I’m addicted to something new. This blog, Bitches Get Stitches makes me laugh twice as hard because it reminds me of a difficult student.  The kid wore a shirt to school that said “Snitches Get Stitches” and [...]

Needles Found

December 4, 2010

Update: I found my knitting needles.  As I was going to sleep, I suddenly remembered that I stored the bigger DPNs in a different box.  This was a good thing because I needed something to do while chaperoning a high school dance last night.

Never Ending Sweaters

December 2, 2010

I was already in the process of knitting two sweaters before I ordered yet another sweater pattern. One work-in-progress is the owls sweater. This one: owls sweater by Kate Davies.  Not me! The thing is, I’ve made the sweater once before, but when I got about an inch from finishing, I decided that I didn’t [...]