Summer in all her beauty

I wish my blog could write itself during the summer - it is so busy here! I've put up beans and strawberries - have corn waiting for the morning. After I do the corn if it's not raining I'll go and pick blueberries to freeze for the winter. My cucumbers are just putting out the best cukes! I will be doing relish this week also. I took the picture of one of the cucumber flowers - they are a nice pale yellow.

The sunflower was a volunteer from the past year - isn't it grand?!

Fish in a barrel

Last year we put rain barrels by the studio and the barn. We had a terrible time with mosquito's. This year I was thinking to put clorine tablets in the barrels - (yikes - more chemicals!) not really wanting to do that I was dragging my feet. A friend of mine was here and we were talking about it and she suggested fish. Fish? Yep, plain old goldfish. I bought a few for each barrel and a few more for the stock tank - and what do ya know - no more mosquito's!

Fuzzie Veggies

So this year I tried something new - I was going to get control of the weeds once and for all! I read somewhere on the net that scrap wool (2nd cuts and dirty wool) was a great weed barrier. Hmmm....I have scrap wool I thought to myself in the spring - I will put it down like a weed cloth and then I won't have to weed so much :) Great idea! What didn't blow away the birds took to build nests (really - there is a nest in the barn that has black fiber in it) - so I put more on. It did help keep the weeds down - but here is the bad side - when I picked my garlic, beans, carrots, onions - I also had bits of wool on them...ugh! I washed every veggie really well - scrubbed with a veggie brush even - but when it's wet you can't see those two or three fibers stuck on the beans like cement - not until it dries and then you can see it. I will not be using the wool next year - I only hope that I can get it out of there so that we may have less fuzzie veggies in the future.

Woolfest

I went to a fiber show this week - it was just for vendors - it must have been just for vendors only because there were no customers. Mark this one off the list.

Back in the spin of things...

Well - after a much needed vacation we are home again. The weather was perfect with the exception of the last day that poured - so we packed up and went home. Nice to pull up stakes when you have a camper - easy peasy!

I hit the outlets down there- QVC outlet rocks - I got clark shoes, an electric blanket (14.00) can you stand it?

Joe fished - and got a citation (awarded by the state for the largest fish) it was a rock bass - 44 inches and 27.5 pounds - lots of nice steaks from that one in the freezer.

I stopped at a yarn shop called Ginger Moon in Lewes - lets just leave it at that.

I am working on a sweater - took that to the beach with me - I'd work on it inside in the air as well as outside - there is always a breeze at the beach and it really never get too hot there - on the one day that it did I took a beach chair and sat at the waters edge with a friend - very nice until high tide comes in and the cold water hits your butt - I never knew I could crab walk backwards with a beach chair on my butt :) We camp at the same place each year and have made many friends over the years - we both (dh and I) enjoy and look forward to going there.

Joe and Mimi sleeping in the camper....neither one is very spoiled.