It seems like at least a month since last Friday! A lot has happened and Friday isn't even over yet. At 7 35 we have the blood red moon/eclipse so I will be running outside for that. I might drive up the hill for a best view. I thought after the planets literally aligning I have to see this!
As I made dinner, a little while ago, I was still making jam. This week I picked figs plus Chloe also picked me some. I ended up with 5 kilos (10 and a half pounds.)
I used 6 kilos to make candied figs which later will be covered in chocolate for Easter gifts. These are like old fashioned candied fruit... chewy and good. Then I got on to some jam. I am doing small batches in the microwave as it keeps the colour better and I don't need to send near the stove worrying about it catching on the bottom.
I always put almonds in the jam. It is so delicious!
The tree is huge and many more are coming on so much more picking... (this tree is at Chloe's house.)
Also... the tree has loads of baby trees coming up all around it. I am going to dig some up and plant them in my orchard.
When I closed last Friday I had a big box of veggies but I was too tired to get it all unpacked... that had been one long day! So... Saturday morning the first thing I did was unpack, wash everything and work out a plan.
It was such beautiful stuff!
The tomatoes were on the soft side so I made a meatball bake and chopped them plus some capsicum and onion to bake. I served this with pasta and it made several meals.
The cauliflower.... I steamed the whole thing then made a huge Cauliflower cheese for Chloe's family and one for myself.
It was delicious!
I gave Mum lettuce and cucumbers, Chloe oranges, bananas and apple cucumbers... my helpers got half a rockmelon each...
Mainly I just lived on fresh things and still am!
The pears are ripening on towels in the living room. I gave some away plus traded some. The next pears are still on the tree and are huge! Bigger than any other year by far!
I pulled up a lot of spent summer plants. The chooks and ducks loved it. They got a load of very tiny tomatoes and bits and pieces.
I had been so excited about Autumn but summer just didn't leave. We needed up with two huge thunderstorms. The first one was Sunday. I went to Mum's and as I travelled it got darker and darker. Then there was lightening. So as I sat and drank tea and yacked with Mum fires began to break out. A phone call came that one had started on my brothers farm so we came outside and yep we could see smoke. I headed home keeping an eye on the smoke and then headed up the hill to check around. A number of fires broke out. The next evening we had an even bigger thunderstorm.. no rain... all electricity! Many fires broke out. There were over 45 going at one point. Some of these became pretty big and had up to seven aircraft working on them as well as fire trucks from the district. At one stage I was in a blanket of smoke but I never had a fire directly coming my way. (The smoke can be very unnerving though... ) And we had pretty still conditions. So now I think they are out... I hope so as tomorrow is going to be HOT AGAIN!
When the weather has allowed... I have started to plant up the trough planters. This week I filled one long trough with beans and two with peas. Next week I am adding a trellis.... and I will keep planting. I have been soaking the seeds over night. I am hoping so much to have all these garden beds producing!
If you saw my kitchen now... but I have figs ready to cook in the morning, candied figs drying out... things everywhere.
In the middle of this I saw a local ad on FB Buy, swap and sell... for a new looking generator for $250. I looked into it... and set off for a half hour drive.... it is an incredible bargain. Take every opportunity right! It is such a deal as the people are moving in a hurry to New Zealand. I am very pleased with it!
When it was hot and smoky I did what I needed outside (animals and watering) and got some sewing done.
This is a tea towel and matching pot holder.
Now I am moving on to pink sets. I found some crochet doilies in the thrift shop... and am drying them pink over the weekend. I hope to sew a pillowcase for Mum tomorrow for a bolster pillow for her bed.
I also hemmed a dress and this will put it into use during Autumn. (I have four to go.)
I saw the moon come up and it was huge and pink. So beautiful. What a perfect end to the week!
How did you build up your home, pantry, garden this week? Change of seasons is an exciting time!xxx
The family have all been out waiting for the moon.
Beautiful work Annabel ! All that fresh produce is so nice ! Your body will love it ! It is very hot here in Sydney very unusual for Autumn. And a heatwave predicted for the weekend. Strange. Have a beautiful week.
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Dear Sonia, We had the heat too. But now, finally, we have proper Autumn weather! It's so good! Yes eating the fresh stuff is the best. That is number one. Have a good week! With love Annabel.xxx
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ReplyDeleteI wondered about you all after the reports of 120 fires from the dry lightning storms. Very glad everyone was safe.
I am very intrigued by Chloe’s dark fig. Is it a named one or a seedling? You can grow them ever so easily from cuttings over winter. I use a recipe from your Aunt Kate Llewelyn from a book called Windfalls by Sue Ruchel and it’s such a lovely flowing jam. I’m sure those dark figs would make a very pretty jar with the depth of colour.
I love the moon watching onesie outfit, very appropriate !
Love
Kate
Dear Kate, This is a really old tree. I will take figs, any figs... but these deep purple ones are so pretty and big and plump. But I dont know the name. I just know there are the green ones that are pink in the middle and these purple ones. The colour when cooked it a deep purple/ruby. The recipe from Kate I am pretty sure is Nanas recipe she always made and loved to make it. Horrible day today but I think it's the last one! With love Annabel.xxx
DeleteAnnabel, Prayers your fire season ends soon, so sorry to hear of all that have surround you.
ReplyDeleteYour produce looks spectacular and the dish of meatballs look delicious. I envy the figs, we can't grow them this far north and finding them fresh in a store is impossible to find.
We had a slow week as I hadn't been doing to well. Though I was fortunate to be able to go to one store we normally don't go to as it is in the next county and a bad section of town.
I just couldn't resist their sale ad. I was able to get corned beef roasts at $1.98 and $2.98 lb, $4 less than the cheapest sale anywhere else. They went right into the freezer.
With St Patrick's Day sale I was able to get potatoes, carrots and onions on sale. I was so happy we were able to find the sales there.
We have been eating down the pantry and freezer so we would have room to replace items, though it seems no matter what the prices of everything is going up weekly here.
I live in an area where Canada will impose a 25% increase in energy to my US state. So looking towards trying to save on everything else. Praying for warmer weather so that the furnace doesn't need to turn on as much or any longer.
I have been working on a winter hat for husband, an easy pattern though hard to work with the black yarn. Hoping I have it done by next winter, (LOL!) Looking for a Spring like craft to make.
I did save a can of pumpkin that had just expired, it was turned into Pumpkin Maple Butter and Mango Jam from a bag of frozen mango slices. It felt good not to have it go to waste. Also I can say the butter was very good.
Prayers for all Bluebirds.
Dear Rosanne, We have been through so many electricity increases.... doubling and doubling again. Summer is when I use a lot. Winter I use very little though having the fire. It is great to find some good deals! And you never know where you will find them! When the meat balls and tomato cooked down I added cheese on top. It was so delicious! Have a very good new week! With love Annabel.xxx
DeleteDear Annabel, fire so close must have been very frightening. I am so glad nothing major happened and pray some rain and normal Autumn weather will come soon at your farm.
ReplyDeleteI like your sewing projects and isn*t it marvolous when you combine two or more different types, like crochet and sewing or knitting?
You are right, change of season is an exciting time. My fingers want to start working in the garden, especially now that we had some good rain, but still there is frost due for the next nights. Instead I pruned my dogroses in the orchard and picked all the remaining rosehips. Ussually I pick rosehips at the beginning of winter after the first frost and used them for tea filled with vitamin C. Still I leave a good portion of rosehips on the plant throughout the cold months that serve as food for any visiting bird in the orchard and now I fed them to the chickens / they went crazy for the red berries. The report here is - they are laying well!
For the cat lovers I have a story - Creamy, my 13 year old cat (who is the boss of everyone and everything, a most inteligent blue eyed cat) gave birth to 2 kitten and stopped, although I could still feel at least one inside her, so at the firts hour in the morning we were at the vet cabinet. She was eating and acting normal but did not care about the babies. After an ecograph Indeed a baby with heart still beating remained inside. She was induced labour with medicine and gave birth to another little kitten. Now she is at home, relaxed and an excellent mother to her babies. I have never heard before or happen to any of my cats in the 20 + years.
I managed to have a no spend month in February and ate or use up everything from the pantry, from home or barter. I did cook as a game, whatever it was pulled out form the fridge or brought up from the cellar and the money saved was used to buy whatever was at sales, although we did not find many items. Proud to say, I did not pay whole price for anything lately.
Back to kitting orders, and that is good because we still have long evenings to stay inside.
I look forward to reading all the cooments from such a pleasant company here.
Sending love from far away, Laura_s_world from Romania
Dear Laura, Yes, like your combined knitted and crochet top. That is the most beautiful thing I ever saw! Now I addicted to crochet on fabric edges...
DeleteIt is just as well you could take the cat to the vet... that is very unusual but you had a good outcome!
I am so glad the chickens are laying! Golden eggs! They really are! $8 a dozen here! But also sometimes there are none to buy and most times a limit of two dozen. Well every day when I collect the eggs I am so glad of my hens! Besides they make so much happiness and also recycling.
It is great you have knitting orders to work on! All the extras count! I think now we had our last horrible day! Yay! I am planting more beans tomorrow! With love Annabel.xxx
What a good week, one of my favourite fruit is fig’s. Your pears will make lots of thing for the winter. You are so right to say grow as much food as you can. Food will never go down in price.
ReplyDeleteThis week I have be buying dried herbs. One of the most interesting is hawthorn berry’s The berry’s look very underwhelming, but add to a tea they are so good for you. I like the idea of helping myself and looking after your health. Next week I’m doing a 3day course on a blue print for herbalist. This will be send me to look at food that will heal.
Last Sunday was warm and my brain said start sewing seed. Today it’s half the temperature of Sunday. I can’t wait to start gardening. Have a good weekend lady’s. Denise
Dear Denise, I am thinking you may have many berries to pick there and some would also be very good for the chickens. It is exciting to start planting! I think studying herbs is fantastic! Probably on the farm and around the town even are many things you may be able to harvest too. New things you can use. Also sunshine will be beautiful after winter! I have been planting beans and peas. A few of my trough containers still to plant! With love Annabel.xxx
DeleteIt was too cloudy to see the red moon here. I'm glad you all got to see it! Going into Spring now here and oh the glorious fruit is coming in season and we are living on it like you. Strawberries are cheap and delicious.
ReplyDeleteDear Lana, Yes living on the fresh things is the most beneficial. I can live on pears because the ones I picked are just ripening and they are delicious! What I cant eat... will become pure and stewed fruit etc. I am also going to juice what I cant manage to get through as the kids love juice and this would be so healthy! Have a great new week! With love Annabel.xxx
DeleteWhat a wonderful and productive week. The jam looks amazing and all the delicious dishes you made from that produce box too, my mouth is watering. I do love those tea towels, did you crochet the boarder lace .,they are stunning and useful such a good combination, it has been very hot here, summers last hoorah! Cool weather is coming late sunny night and I’m looking forward to it .enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I did crochet the edges... I had cotton yarn that was pretty close to the doily colour.... so I went with it. I really loved it as it combined bits and pieces I had and found at the op shop! xxx
DeleteOh my. I was hoping you would get some rain, not dry thunderstorms! Its been an interesting week in northern nsw and se qld…. Mains power still not on in some areas of the gold coast. They have brought in large generators which are parked in the middle of the road to supply clusters of homes temporarily where it will be a while longer before they get to those areas. Sandbags were in very short supply and i now see a use for old chicken feed bags…. Schools were closed. One i know of was closed for 2 days due to cyclone and 2 days for cleanup and waiting for power. The damage will take a number of months to fully rectify. Those prepared with food and a way to cook and lighting did pretty well. What did seem to be an issue was bathing. Clearly learning the art of a sponge bath whilst camping has been lost! Supermarkets were sold out and closed. Even on thursday night my friend said she had to go to several to get bread for school lunches as most places had sold out.
ReplyDeleteMy friend in Brisbane said that there was no bread in supermarkets but a bakery was selling 1 loaf per person. People were lined up out the door and round the corner and still not grateful for what they could get. She went to the supermarket snd asked when the milk was due in. The man said about 10 minutes. She waited. When it arrived adults were pushing and shoving each other out of the way to get to it. Toilet paper all over again.
Last Friday was my grocery day. I didnt go. Figured everything would be sold or closed. Popped into the village for bread and milk and they were closed and sandbagged so returned home, grabbed the uht out of the cupboard, and make a loaf of bread and a tray of cinnamon scrolls. Happy days. Word on the street was the town had almost no groceries on wed and thur anyway. The loads for this town come from Brisbane and roads were still cut Monday i think. So grateful for a pantry where a delay getting groceries isnt a problem!! This is why i say, you need at least quadruple your normal shopping. I had been 3 weeks between shops. That stretched to 4. If i had been sick, or flooded in it would have been longer again. If you then have visitors stuck with you, thats your buffer gone.
Anyway, i had a long list of shops yesterday! Lots of the shops were only just getting their loads through. Pet store, kmart, big w all had pallets and lots of them arriving. Literally were wheeling pallets out to make room in the store room and then leaving them while they unloaded the next truck. It did make it tricky to move around stores.
Got all the early stuff done and got to Aldi. Fruit and vege stripped. Wow. They had big bags of spuds, cabbage, some salad bags, and strawberries. That was about it. Meat wasnt much better. The rest was pretty good although they are several weeks behind in the special buys (which didnt bother me at all!!)
Woolworths was better for fruit and vege, but their deli was almost empty. Nil chicken products, lots of sliced meat missing also. Very little bread, no english muffins (i really need to learn. Anyone got a foolproof recipe? The ones ive tried have been a flop!). Popped across to coles and managed to get some chicken from the meat dept. their deli was basically empty.
Take homes:
1. Keep more groceries than you need. Lots more.
2. Bread and milk and toilet paper shortages will cause adults to behave like animals. Avoid the crush if you can.
3. Once a crisis is over, if you can wait a few extra days you will do better as it takes a while for loads to catch up
4. Learn the art of a sponge bath and have washers, soap and a suitable bucket on hand.
5. Most of my team were without power 7 days. By the end of that, they were getting a bit fractious. Make sure to plan for treats and things to make that better!
Missy.
Missy we left our house on the Thursday just before the cyclone and terrible weather. We arrived in Warwick and popped into Woolworths for a couple of things we didn’t even attempt to pick up before we left. There was no bottled water available and bread was what they had.
DeleteWe headed to Goondiwindi and then along the Newell Highway.
So many trucks pulled off the road until they had the all clear to continue their journey again.
Spoke to a friend the other day and she said fruit and veg is in short supply and not that flash as well as more expensive, some would have been in the trucks we passed.
Both our adult children lost power, our daughter had to head to work skirting around flooded areas, our son lost power which he wasn’t too concerned about until he needed to work from home - we received a text saying he was working from home - our home.
Only damage to our place is water under the house, got to love an old Queenslander.
We don’t arrive home until March 26, everything is fine with the house but we could have one or both of the children there when we arrive home.
We have an emergency cupboard with not only torches, which we checked before we decided to leave a day early, matches and a kettle for the gas cook top. We also have tank water available should we need it and a pump in the back corner of the yard where a creek use to flow between our house and the next door neighbour that shoots the excess water out to the street.
We have just come back from the Salamanca market where I took some photos of some beautiful produce.
I agree a lot of people really need to look at the basics and set themselves up with an area where they can just grab what they need to deal with minor or major problems like we have had.
Lynette
Your 'take homes' are so right Missy. I need to keep increasing our supplies of groceries. I've been thinking I must eat down all last year's fruit before the new crops start but actually we are in the hungry gap at the moment and if anything untoward happened we would be glad to still have stored fruit and veg to help keep us going( and our family, it was good old Mum who kept them in toilet rolls at the start of COVID!).
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Dear Missy, Thank you for such a great report! I am so glad they did bring generators in to help at least some people. I have practiced the art of a bath/wash with a bucket of water... preferable or half (less preferable) I sit a plastic tub like a laundry or dishwashing tub inside my bath or shower. I can pour water over myself, soap up and keep going for a really good wash. I can even wash my hair if I have one bucket of water. I have had to do it but I actually practices first lol. I cant stand not to be clean. Anyway I am completely happy with this wash. It is a very good point that if we end up taking someone in... visitors... our pantry might not go as far as we thought. We need extra as that could easily happen in a crisis. And people being so aggressive so quickly is a real concern. How would it be in a crisis that lasts weeks or months?
DeleteAlso thank you Lynette and thank you Penny! With love Annabel.xxx
So glad that the fires didn't cause too much trouble - but it must have been very frightening!
ReplyDeleteThat was a huge tray of veggies to process - I had mushrooms, onions and peppers to process this week - along with some carrots that had been in the fridge for a bit too long and needed to be cooked! I bought some pears this week - not something that I eat often but they are low glycemic so trying to have them in place of other fruits and I did get some very large ones - they needed a couple of days to ripen but were delicious so a nice change from my usual apples and bananas. Fruit & veg are very expensive - and especially now that many Canadians are boycotting US imports. It is making for some interesting shopping trips!
It is supposed to be a rather rainy weekend so, aside from church, I am going to stay home, cook, and do some much needed cleaning in this apt.
Dear Margie, Pears are good! Pears go so well with walnuts. That is a very love GI snack. If you eat apples with cheese that makes it lower GI too. I wish I was near to give you lots of pears! I know Canada prices were very high like ours so if things go higher this is very difficult. Already here I do not know how families are feeding their children. Going to church and cooking at home sound like a lovely weekend to me! With love Annabel.xxx
DeleteDear Annabel, the box of produce has gone to a good home. I love how you don’t waste anything. I love the jam, I’ve never tried it. I love almonds. I think those tea towels are so pretty! We are having the next 10 days or so of the wet season, the last hurrah so to speak. The shops haven’t recovered from about 4-6 weeks ago. There just hasn’t been the same stock getting through and of course, has all gone up. I hope to crochet tonight next to my little furry friend. I was given a heap of bananas, now I had better use them up! Lots of love, Bridget
ReplyDeleteDear Bridget, I so wish I had a courier from K to C. I could send you some jam for one thing! How great to get bananas! I know you will put them to good use! Crochet in the evening is my thing too. We both are waiting on the season to be here... I think today it finally is for me. Yay! I have the house open with a cool breeze! With much love Annabel.xxx
DeleteOh Annabel, figs covered in chocolate! Yes! All your food looks so good, cauliflower cheese is such great comfort food.
ReplyDeleteElectrical storms are scary aren't they, glad you escaped fires and hope all your family and neighbours are safe.
This week we sowed lettuce seed, snapdragons and more sweet peas. My husband reglazed a greenhouse door damaged in one of the storms ( we already had the glass) and tidied up the greenhouse and cold frame, discovering several plants which were overgrown but can be planted out in the flower beds after a little TLC.
We bought a sturdy child's swing seat on Facebook Marketplace. I did an early morning supermarket shop for yellow sticker meat and used a voucher for money off frozen food and stocked the freezer with fish. My stock up this week was tomato puree, we grow and preserve lots of tomatoes but I like to keep tubes in the larder in case of a poor cropping year.
I was given a big bunch of flowers at my floral group which was a lovely surprise and I picked hellebores from our garden, they are not long lasting as cut flowers but so pretty for a short time.
I am enjoying everyone's comments so much and always picking up new ideas.
Penny in theUK.
Dear Penny, I always like cauliflower cheese, tuna mornay, lasagne... potato bake... things that are creamy. Possibly half my problem haha
DeleteSo glad your greenhouse is repaired, good work to your husband! And sowing seeds is so exciting... today I planted more beans. Also I like that you plant both flowers and edibles.
FB market place is great! The things we find! That sounds lovely, the childs swing... Penny the comments are very uplifting to me as I read through each one. And many ideas are shared... it feels as though we are working along with a friend just over the back fence! With love Annabel.xxx
Just a thought but I'd read last summer that dried figs are very high in calcium, a good source if there is no milk for the kiddos and I imagine being dried would taste a good bit like a sweet.
ReplyDeleteWe shopped this week, and it was nearly all produce. It felt good to walk through the store and when my husband would say, "Do we need...?" to reply, "Oh no, we have plenty of that."
Prices here are so so, not too terribly high. I'm very fortunate in that we are now about to come into the growing season. Strawberries and asparagus are already in season and therefore cheap as chips. I don't care for frozen or canned asparagus, but we'll eat all I can manage while it's in season. I will freeze strawberries and make a bit of jam as well. And now, I shall start using the fruit I put in the freezer last year when they were in season.
Dear Terri, I dont like canned asparagus at all... but fresh is good. It is great something is a good price and strawberries I love. Yes on the prices... it's the same here. Thanks re the figs. I did not know that! I have the change to pick more so I might dry some.
DeleteYou grew a lot of things last year so I hope you will be successful again this year, it all helps! With love Annabel.xxx
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Dear Annabel,
ReplyDeleteI do so love figs. Your jam looks positively delicious. I believe the ones you have are called Black Mission Figs. The tea towels are beautiful with the pieces of doily on them.
We're getting a little taste of spring here on alternate days. Some days it's 70 F and the next it's 40 F. Hopefully it will soon even out. I will be starting veggie plants indoors again this year, and am revamping the raised bed garden to grow all things vertical. This will create more space to grow more in a small space.
This week I made and froze 7 pints of no'mato sauce, 4 dz gluten free almond flour cookies, a loaf of regular bread for my husband, copycats of Krazy salt and everything bagel seasoning, took the dried black beans that were in the pantry and cooked them in the Instant pot and froze them in small packages for future meals, and am saving organic orange peels to make candied orange peels dipped in chocolate for some Easter gifts. Worked on Easter cards and happy mail, and embroidered tea towels in the evening. All the usual fluffing and dusting got done
I've been listening to the farmers and reading some articles on what may be in short supply or unavailable this year due to climate conditions and many other thngs. These shortages seem to especially apply to gluten free flours and grains, olive oil, and many other foodstuffs. We decided to go ahead and order some things in bulk to stock the pantry while the prices are still somewhat reasonable.
Wishing all the Bluebirds and good week. Cookie
Dear Cookie, It certainly works incredibly well to have things growing up, over, on a trellis etc. Also they are easier to pick! I have used some interesting things as a trellis! Today in fact... I need to make a trellis for peas and beans... and I have an idea but Im not sure yet if it will work. If it does then I will show pictures on Friday. Also snails and slugs etc cant get things and mould and mildew dont like this system either as fresh air flows through.
DeleteYou made a lot of good things! And I know your Easter cards will be beautiful! I was aware about olive oil but not about the gf grains. Thanks for that info. Have a very good new week! With love Annabel.xxx
Hello Annabel and everyone,
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous week of produce and cooking! Those chocolate-covered candied figs sound amazing. I love the kitchen sets. Fire season is terrifying to me; I hope your brother's farm & his family are ok.
Last week 140,000 acres of Oklahoma were on fire from the wildfires. Extreme high winds did not help matters. (We are fine and the horses are also fine. Some neighborhoods up north were destroyed and that is heartbreaking.) By Sunday things were better and the sky had cleared some. I planted up my seed starter trays and put them in my little greenhouse (flowers & veggies: tomatoes, squash, peppers, greens, nepeta, salvia, nasturtiums, marigolds), and amended the soil in the raised beds & Greenstalks. My Dad & I had dinner on Saturday. Otherwise I stayed indoors with some knitting, stitching, and house cleaning.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week, and stays safe.
<3
Kathy
Dear Kathy, I saw about the fires. I could not understand how fires could happen right after winter and snow! I am glad you are ok and also the horses.
DeleteGood job on the seed trays! I think pottering in the garden and getting things going is such a happy time. Lovely that you had dinner with Dad, I am sure that is the highlight of his week! I hope no more fires! With love Annabel.xxx
Your fruit, jam, and towels are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing your amazing week. I am so sorry for all the wild fires that your community has endured. I grew up in a high burn area in so. California. So I am aware of the stress. Thank the Lord that you all are safe!
ReplyDeleteLove the photo of your grandson watching for the moon.😄
Spring is here in northern Ohio. Lots of sunshine and Spring rain. My daffodils are sprouting. I've started pepper seeds. More seeds to start soon. Potatoes almost ready to plant. I've cleaned out the flower beds. Picked up mulch for these beds.. only $1 a bag(USD). Several birthdays this week. My youngest turns 12. She is having an Alice in Wonderland themed party. We are all dressing up as our favorite characters. I will be the Mad Hatter as the Cheshire Cat is already taken. (Plus I am in charge of the tea party).🎩
I continue to cook from scratch and sew on my 2nd daughter's quilt. Crocheting wash cloths for gifts. Also found yarn at the thrift store, and a new crochet sweater pattern online. Been stretching the budget by using leftovers creatively. Made Buckeye candies for my mother-in-law's birthday instead of cake. Then she had a box of chocolate s to take home.
Blessings to you all,
Leslie (Ohio)
I would think I had died and gone to heaven if someone gave me a bag of produce like that !And the figs!!!!! I am amazed at how much you get done in a day!
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