Best week gardening in two years. My dye garden failed in the Southeast drought, but checked out the local Raleigh 50-60 community gardens and experts whose land thrived. Learning tips and meeting people is a delight plus you get to pick food for the neighborhood. This past week is particular highlight as got to learn about gleaning when a local farmer who planted the corner of an acre field with 4 rows of watermelons contacted the local community gardens about picking the extras for the church. Four trucks, forty volunteers, and 1,000 watermelons later, everyone who picked got a free watermelon and the chance to feed all the food bank, soup kitchen, and meal boxes for seniors in Raleigh. What a blessing. Too often we make charity complicated or forget that early failure can lead to future success. Good day.
The garden continues to offer surprises as this year have a lot less slugs, bugs, and mosquitoes, but couldn’t figure out why. Finally found a mother black rat snake and her newly hatched clutch of 50+ babies in the compost pile back at the edge of the property filling the fall vegetable raised beds. Isn’t nature amazing? It's neat to see wildlife moving in.
Speaking of cool projects, all 5 parts of the quarterly sewing bee making linen embroidery quilts is up on Youtube.
Part 1: Fabric Selection https://youtu.be/DE8zSTIHyVg
Part 2: Cutting and Sewing Blocks https://youtu.be/grGKierc9qM
Part 3: Embroidering Blocks https://youtu.be/hRuq4MHnYug
Part 4: Assembling the Quilt Front https://youtu.be/nIoZ5cGj4rE
Part 5: Batting and Quilt Finishing https://youtu.be/pmn9H2gF3tI
Hope that people will enjoy reviewing before September. May you all have a great week and be blessed.