It feels like a million years ago that I picked up that yarn for you. It was the last thing I did before all hell broke loose. So happy you made something so lovely with it. Feels right that you finished it after the pandemic.
Hi Liz, great to see what you're up to. So much finished goodness! Wow to all the natural dyeing you've been doing. Gorgeous colors. Thanks for the garden tour and the info about how you're building your soil. I'm moving from a fertile valley in zone 7a, to beautiful Torrey, Utah which is probably pretty similar to your area. It's complete sand in zone 5 with lots and lots of wind. Your tips about digging a hole and putting in all the organic matter you can find is very useful. As for your corn, I've been growing the three sister for a number of years now (though minus the beans this year. Last year they were so vigorous they pulled down all the corn. I need to find a more mellow variety of beans). Planting corn in clumps is definitely more productive, but you can pollinate by hand as well. Each silk needs to fertilized in order to produce a plump kernel. You can go out in the mornings and break off the pollen bits and brush it on the silks. The Tour de Fleece is starting tomorrow. Are you joining in? My goal the last couple of years is just to spin every day and it's been a wonderful time.
Good to know about the corn, thank you! Yea, gardening in this climate is a whole different beast. I have some straw bales around my largest garden bed to protect it from the wind. I just planted some lilac at the windy end of my garden, that one day will be a living wind break, but until then I can at least give them a little break and I just grab clumps off the straw bales for mulch as I need it. 😊
Hi Liz, great podcast, I am glad, I recovered it (I believe it was a recommendation from Lisa from soulful spinning). I am watching from Germany. I am a handspinner and knitter. I love your projects; furthermore you are such an enchanting person. It's a great joy following you.
Hey Liz! Thanks for another fun episode! You got so much goodness going on! Happy Solstice, lovely to see you happy despite the stresses going on! Love your colors coming in the shop, amazing what you can do with natural dyeing! Also that painting of Lupine! Did you make that too? Hugs and love from Transylvania!
Don’t know how I missed this comment! I did not paint the lupine. A little pub near my old house used to have local art on the walls. It came from there. 🤣
Nice to see you again! I love your spinning- and the Ranunculus is awesome 🤩
Thank you so much!! 😊
It feels like a million years ago that I picked up that yarn for you. It was the last thing I did before all hell broke loose. So happy you made something so lovely with it. Feels right that you finished it after the pandemic.
It was such a fun knit and the yarn was really lovely. Thank you again. ❤️
Hi Liz, great to see what you're up to. So much finished goodness! Wow to all the natural dyeing you've been doing. Gorgeous colors.
Thanks for the garden tour and the info about how you're building your soil. I'm moving from a fertile valley in zone 7a, to beautiful Torrey, Utah which is probably pretty similar to your area. It's complete sand in zone 5 with lots and lots of wind. Your tips about digging a hole and putting in all the organic matter you can find is very useful. As for your corn, I've been growing the three sister for a number of years now (though minus the beans this year. Last year they were so vigorous they pulled down all the corn. I need to find a more mellow variety of beans). Planting corn in clumps is definitely more productive, but you can pollinate by hand as well. Each silk needs to fertilized in order to produce a plump kernel. You can go out in the mornings and break off the pollen bits and brush it on the silks.
The Tour de Fleece is starting tomorrow. Are you joining in? My goal the last couple of years is just to spin every day and it's been a wonderful time.
Good to know about the corn, thank you! Yea, gardening in this climate is a whole different beast. I have some straw bales around my largest garden bed to protect it from the wind. I just planted some lilac at the windy end of my garden, that one day will be a living wind break, but until then I can at least give them a little break and I just grab clumps off the straw bales for mulch as I need it. 😊
I’m low-key doing Stash Dash, but I’ve never done Tour De Fleece. I’m so bad about keeping up with those things. 😆
Hi Liz, great podcast, I am glad, I recovered it (I believe it was a recommendation from Lisa from soulful spinning). I am watching from Germany. I am a handspinner and knitter.
I love your projects; furthermore you are such an enchanting person. It's a great joy following you.
Danke, Sharon! I don’t think I know of Lisa’s podcast, I’ll have to check it out. Thanks so much for commenting, I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Hey Liz! Thanks for another fun episode! You got so much goodness going on! Happy Solstice, lovely to see you happy despite the stresses going on! Love your colors coming in the shop, amazing what you can do with natural dyeing! Also that painting of Lupine! Did you make that too? Hugs and love from Transylvania!
Don’t know how I missed this comment! I did not paint the lupine. A little pub near my old house used to have local art on the walls. It came from there. 🤣
Elizabeth I love all the tops. Don’t you feel accomplished when things work out lol?