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Category Archives: garden
Planning Minurism – The Garden
For some people, January is about “white sales” and buying things for the home. For me, January was always about garden planning and seed catalogs. Looking for vegetables and flowers that started with the letter which would guide that year’s … Continue reading
Natural Dyeing – 80% Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Nylon Show And Tell
This past weekend I went to a spinning class (Yay!!!) and continued to skein yarn but did not do anymore dyeing – so this week is another show and tell of what is done. One of my favorite bases is … Continue reading
Posted in Escape to Evermore, garden, Natural Dyes, yarn
Tagged baby birds, baby robins, Family, fustic, garden, logwood, natural dyes, naturally dyed wool, naturally dyed yarn, yarn
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Natural Dyeing – Logwood-Weld Together
We saw what you can get with weld and we saw what you can get with logwood. So what happens if you mix them together? Hmmmm. It was worth an experiment. Lets start with where the magic happens. I definitely … Continue reading
Posted in Escape to Evermore, garden, Natural Dyes, yarn
Tagged dye pot, dyeing yarn, dyes, garden, hand dyed yarn, logwood, natural dyes, naturally dyed wool, naturally dyed yarn, weld, yarn
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Home and Garden – A Remembrance
After my step-dad passed away, we planted a white iris in the front yard. We bought it for him because the name of the Iris was Immortality. Irises usually bloom in June around here. This week, Immortality bloomed for its … Continue reading
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Home and Garden – A little of this and a little of that.
Unfortunately when life gets busy, the home projects seem to take longer to complete. Now that we are in October, they practically halt until Halloween is over since our free time goes to preparation for the holiday. There have been … Continue reading
Home and Garden – Treading Water
All I have to show you this week are some really yummy yellow cherry tomatoes. The crop came in this week so the boys collected a container full and ran up to my office to show me. Here is Jesse … Continue reading
Wednesday Home and Garden Report – 5 kids is ALOT of kids
This week two of our nephews came to spend the week with us. It is making 3 seem easy. The ages are 7,8,9,10 & 11. Wow!! Jacob will always hold a special place in my heart. When he was 3 or … Continue reading
Home and Garden – The weather is not cooperating this summer
This last week was not the most conducive to getting projects done on the house. First we had temperatures close to 100 degrees through Saturday. My lawn is now brown and crispy. Sunday was in the 80s so Chip started … Continue reading
Wednesdays – Home and Garden
Okay, I am trying to create some form of organization in my life and that is spilling over into my blog writing. I found that setting Mondays as my day to report what I have done the previous week with … Continue reading
A Polish Granddaughter 