The beginning

It really is a good thing I keep everything 

I have a seed tin and I decided to see what I had 

All these 

And some tomato seeds I saved from a particularly yummy tomato I had grown last year 

 Nothing ventured nothing gain I say 

So I fit some punnets I had saved and some pots 

 And gathered the last of some compost that we had cleaned from our trailer and had left in a little pile for me to use 


And I’ve had a big morning of planting seeds 

After I took this pic I found another pot so I’ve planted three lots of bush beans. There is only one or two seeds per pot. I figured they can stay in the pots and they should grow really well. Once they sprout and have grown a decent size, and weather permitting, I’ll just bring them out and wait to start harvesting 

If they don’t work I’ll try again in a few weeks with the new seed I bought online 

But if it does. Bonus plants 

Wish me luck 

I’ll keep you posted 

See ya xx

Getting ready

I got myself a present 

A new hot house 

I’m very excited 

I ordered it on line from amazon on Sunday and it arrived 

Yesterday. 

I’ve also ordered seeds from diggers. So once they come I’ll be 

Able to get a head start on the spring planting 

I hope 

It’s got shelves on both sides and lots of room for pots 

I can’t wait to get in and get started 

Still in stage four lockdown 

I’m slowly going insane but hanging in there 

Stay safe 

See ya xx

Wordless Wednesday

Lessons

Today’s lesson from nature is never give up 

I thought that no cuttings had struck in this pot. I was going to just throw it out 

But I then heard a little voice say. Just wait 

So I did and look 

A hydrangea has struck 

It’s still only a baby but it gives me hope 

Black pots have hydrangeas 

And the red pot has grape vines 

The vines are from the Greek island of Samos 

I’ll repot them and give the hydrangeas to my daughter and the vines to my dad 

I might keep the little one and plant that in my garden to always remind me 

No matter what

Just hang in there it will all be ok 

Still in stage four lockdown 

So this little miracle has brighten my day 

Stay safe and well

See ya xx

What’s cooking

Yesterday I tried to make home made pasta for the first time 

I even did the mixing the traditional way 

I didn’t like it. So next time I’ll use a bowl lol 

I didn’t realise just how much this made. 

The pasta was a tad thick and very rustic looking 

If I thought about it I would of halved the dough and kept rolling it out 

I’ll know for next time 

But it did taste really nice. 

Hubby has decided that I need a pasta machine. So we will get one as soon as lockdown is over 

But I will try again 

I’ll only make half the recipe 

I use Jamie Oliver’s recipe 

I enjoyed making the pasta. 

If I’m going to eat carbs. I really should at least have a work out making it 

What new recipe or crafting are you learning in this strange and abnormal year? 

Stay safe and well 

See ya xxx

My knitting adventure

I decided I was going to knit some dishcloth patterns I had in yarn 

I’ll sew them together and make a baby blanket 

Sounds like a simple plan, doesn’t it? 

Well not for me. It’s NEVER that simple 

This is the first square. A cute puppy who I’d like to think is a poodle 

But I digress 

This is the set up 

The black line helps me keep track of which row I’m following 

Here I mark off the rows as I complete them. So I know where I’m up too 

As I just could never quite learn to count the rows. 

Others more clever than I probably can. But this works for me. 

Insert first complication 

Little miss wants cuddles. And when she wants them she will barge through whatever I have in my hands to get them 

She will wait patiently for about a minute or two and then she takes what she wants 

So of course I hurried to finish the row. Gave her her cuddles and then put her down and continue 

I had stitched something wrong 

I un- knitted the row and continued

But things were not lining up 

I counted the stitches I had followed 

Yes I did knit one Perl one then five Perl’s then whoever many of the rest of the combo 

I battled on trying to get it to work 

That was a huge mistake 

The rows were getting all muddled up 

So I left it 

I was flummoxed 

I slept on it overnight 

And today it hit me 

I counted the stitches on my needles and in all the knitting and unknitting I had an extra stitch 

Eureka. I had found it 

Seriously folks I felt like I had split the atom 

So I ripped it out going back to a mark I could recognise and knew which row it was and started again 

It wall worked out. Every row 

Until I finished the dog 

I looked and yup. I hadn’t gone back far enough 

His tail is not right 

But other than that he looks like a puppy 

Or so I like to think 

I wasn’t going to rip it all out again 

I’m just going to tell the story of the naughty puppy that got his tail caught in the door and let it go at that 

I’ve got a few more animals that I’m going to make 

Hopefully I’ll not make the same mistake 

Who knows I may rip it all out and do it again 

I’ll see 

But for now he is staying as he is 

My goodness what a couple of days 

And I thought this was going to be fairly simple lol 

Stricter restrictions are now in force in my state 

I won’t be venturing out much at all 

So at least I’ll have plenty of time to work on my menagerie 

Stay safe and well 

See ya xxx

Finally finished

I finally finished my puppy 

The small tight stitches really hurt my hands 

So I switched to knitting dishcloths 

But today I finished it off 

It’s not perfect but I’m happy with it. 

See his little tail 

I just couldn’t see the stitches. So I just made it up as I went along

I figured puppy dogs tails can be size or shape lol 

I plan to slowly work through the whole book

And make at least one of every animal 

I can’t remember if I posted about my new book so here it is 

The patterns are not hard to read or understand 

I highly recommend it 

Just make sure your hands and fingers are nimble loll

Stay safe and well 

See ya xxx