Garden - week 8

a butterfly's shadow...

cucumbers are starting to climb..

sunflower seeds are sprouting...

tons of squash...

tomatoes...

¡hola amigos!

Picnic blanket finished

Finally:)

these are my favorite squares

It took forever to sew where each square meets...

Don't forget the secret pocket...

I even have enough fabric left to make matching napkins:)



today's thrifting

I rarely get to go to the "giant thrift store" and it is my favorite one.  I haven't been there in about a month or so.

It's practically on the other side of the valley and I can't seem to find a good excuse to drive that far. 

They always have fabulous treasures(plenty of vintage Pyrex and vintage sheets), but today I only found one thing...

 this apron that's similar to one I found last year.
It was half price on linens today...

They almost always have plenty of Pyrex to choose from, but today there were slim pickins' & this poor dwd yellow pyrex 404 got left behind...



There was also a red Pyrex Hostess dish that was in terrible condition and they wanted $10.  No, thank you:)

So, I'm happy with the 95 cents I spent today and hopefully I'll have better luck next time.

Garden - week 7

Still need to plant the basil seedlings...

We should be able to have squash casserole soon:)

The corn is coming along back there...

tomatoes...

jalapenos...

another rogue sunflower

This area of the garden is finally starting to get more sun

The okra is still so tiny back there...

The blueberries are starting to turn color...



some color out front

We found some Petunias on sale and added some color to the front

& moved the Impatients to the other end where they will get less sun

and the grape vine is starting to grow



Sunflowers - week 1

We started the seeds about three or four weeks ago and they finally made it into the ground on Saturday

With a new irrigation system

There are about 80 total

and I started a few more seeds to put around the yard

Here's some photos from last year...

we had three beds last year & this year we have four...and maybe we will even have five

I like the to have one on the end near the driveway, but right now is is stacked with wood from the trees we had cut down