New Baskets

Here are a few of the new baskets I have made over the past few weeks. I love to see how the flower arrangements and goods change seasonally. Its always new and different.

I am waiting for my fall garden to take hold, there will be many greens and root vegetables. I planted fingerling potatoes, though It may be to harsh of a winter for them to work out.

I pruned my raspberry bushes the other day and plan on digging them and find a new home for them, I'm going to focus on my black berries. They have a much higher yield for me.

I will have some mulled blackberry vinegar ready in about a month, it sounds amazing and will be a great addition to future baskets.

Sweet Baby Basket

Fresh rosemary wreath

Winslow School

Here is my sweet logo that my friend Erin Arkie Style, made for me. Now how to make it fit properly at the top of the page. Resize is probably the way to go. I can't even imagine what my children will be able to do on the computer. My school, The Winslow Squirrels, didn't even have computers when I was there. The school k-12th consisted of about 300 students. The town its self was a little over 300 population. Lots of kids commuting in from way out in the sticks.

The school has consolidated. I feel sad that small towns and small schools are shutting down.

That is the way of the interstate. The whole town has lost what was left of its community life when the school shut down.

lavendar

Lavender, it should always be planted where it can be brushed up against and you can smell it every time you walk by. I kept mine by the front porch till it died this summer. This is a picture of it from earlier in the year. There is always a grieving when you loose a great plant that has been so well established. Time to find another one.

I am helping with my sons garden club at school, it meets once a month. I will be adding some pictures of the progress. We start this Thursday.

Summers end, to and early Fall

So here is my back yard about a month ago. Everything is huge! MY pole beans and gourds tried to take over the telephone line and the neighbor hood. I have to use a 6 foot ladder to harvest the pole beans. I'll rethink that next year, and probably stick to the bush variety.

Almost everything has been pulled up, its looking pretty bare now. If I didn't have children there would be no such thing as grass in my yard, but I guess they need somewhere to play.

I'm ready for fresh greens, I think naturally we crave vegetables and fruits seasonally. It keeps to a much more simple diet considering I don't have acres and acres of land to plant more varieties.

Today lunch is roasted eggplant and tomato soup. The eggplant was fresh from my family's garden in Pine Bluff and the tomatoes were stewed and canned earlier this summer.

Lovely Baskets

My new friend Joy picked up her little bird baskets this morning. Thanks Lennie for sending her to me. My mother, Judy has been making the crafts for my baskets, she is amazing. Since I was a little girl she has been making sachets and quilted hot pads for christmas presents and now I get to put them in these sweet little baskets.

I am planning out my fall garden. I will miss all the tomatoes and fresh basil, so to save some of the summers bounty, this week i am going to begin harvesting and drying herbs from around the garden. Basil, oregano, sage and rosemary. My garden is already at its end of summer transition. Getting ready for all the cold crops. I plan on keeping this fall planting pretty basic, greens and a few root veggies. Possible some cabbage to make sauerkraut. All this in anticipation to be used for fall and winter basket orders.