Catching up quickly here!
My blue cardigan is fully knitted, my rag rug is slowly coming together (hand sewing, and hard on the fingers). Another pajama top for Franklin from a shirt of Partner's in the sewing pile (this one pink and with no sloppy shortcuts).
I'm doing a mild purge of household stuff at the moment; first on the list are books: our bookshelves have gained a little space. Partner got a Kindle around Christmas and I visit the local library several times a month, so owning books isn't quite a priority as it once was. However, we've got a lot of books. I've also gone through my filing cabinet and got rid of a boxful of unnecessary paperwork, and a stack of unwanted sheet music.
Most of my seedlings and seeds are in the ground now; the only ones left are melons and a few squash, waiting just a few more days to be sure. My tomatoes in the garage have doubled in size, but the peppers there are still pretty small; I ran out of big planters so the peppers are in large pots, though with the same treatment as the tomato planters: layer of sticks, layer of newspaper, then potting soil. I also made my first chicken manure tea; it smells pretty bad--so it must be good, right?
The sprouting broccoli nears its finish, but the salad leaves and cilantro are growing wildly. My cherry tree is covered in tiny green cherries: hooray! And the grass is growing faster than the chickens can eat it, so Partner's had to mow.
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