Monday, September 21, 2009

Is that all there is?

Did you plant a garden this year? If this was a first for you it probably didn't go as expected.The weather played some pretty mean tricks on us this year. We had so much rain at the beginning you could hardly plant ,and, the weeds were loving all that water and just growing like ah ya weeds.You gotta love being out there to continue with gardening. It's just never what you want it to be.


I chose this year to plant 2 crops that will not produce for 2 years.First was the rhubarb and second 2 varieties of blueberry. One early picking and one late. This is a must for blueberries . You need 2 varieties and 2 different growing seasons to get results. This was the very first blue berry. We were all excited and couldn't wait to get a picture.(just like a first baby) After the photo shoot it was popped into the mouth of that person holding it so lovingly whereupon it was declared to be pretty darn tasty.



As for the stitching part of the week,we are all working on our pseudo-shibori scarfs. AS you can see everyone has chosen different weight yarn and some are using leftover bits and pieces and needle sizes varied too. It's getting pretty cold here in N.E. so we need to get these good to go real soon. We haven't had our Indian Summer yet so, I'm hoping if I hurry to get this done it will be to hot to wear it for awhile.That weather man doesn't know who he's messing with....................said the hobbit

3 comments:

Margaret said...

I transplanted three blueberry bushes in the spring. My friend gave them to me becasue they were not doing to well in her yard nor was she all that interested. The plants survived but just barely due to an unusual cold snap. I hope to have more blueberries next year. Love the scarfs and still trying to figure out the best way to get a stitch and bitch group together...

Connie said...

You made me chuckle - the weathermen do have a tough time, don't they. We are having our Indian summer and will reach 92 today - a little over done me thinks.

Awe, gardening woes. I gave up. My soil stayed too wet and all I grew was mold.

Your berry looked yummy ...

pam said...

We have had a few unexpected surprises in our "garden" this year as well.

Diane is fond of pointing out that January is the best time to garden. Sitting in a chair with a cup of cocoa in hand, a warm blanket tucked around your toes and seed catalogs scattered about over your lap - your anticipated garden is perfect! Free of pests and fungus and weeds and everything is growing in glorious, healthy profusion!