Do You Plant a Fall Garden? & This & That

   Those of you that don't get an early winter or freeze do you plant a fall veggie garden?

I don't normally but all my flower seeds were a bust this year do to the extreme heat, My perennials grew well in the beginning but the heat prevented some of them from even blooming-which I was surprised about.

We are still in temps close to the 100 F degree mark plus high humidity on top of that-so I am really feeling "trapped" in the house this summer.  The fresh produce at the stores has been very poor do to the extreme summer heat we are having. I know most of our country is dealing with the same

The last time we had such a hot summer we also had a very warm September. This morning though I thought I would take a chance and shop on Ebay for seeds to plant for fresh greens-- kale and swiss chard and spinach. These can make a good fall crop. Fresh eating and they freeze well too.

 The tomato plants were a bust-only got a handful of the little yellow pear tomatoes-so I will plant in those tubs. Will be easy to get water to them as well. Hopefully the little critters and the deer do not eat them. Smiles-though they are probably hungry for fresh greens too-sigh-I may have to place a netting over them.

  I had planted ornamental grass plants-very small-last year and this year in a big tub-these are all thriving in this heat--so whenever we get a major cool down-I will prepare them to get planted in a mound of dirt down by the lake towards the right of our property line. These are now out growing the tubs  and need to get moved to their permanent place before winter-the root balls are huge as well.

 I am still enjoying spinning while watching the world events on the tv. Almost have another spindle full to place on the niddy noddy.

  I got to thinking while spinning-that I still have my huge and thick Yellowstone inspired quilt I made a couple years ago.(before Larry's accident which will be 2 years this October)  It is too huge to put through my sewing machine-that would be a nightmare for sure. I tried hand quilting it-and the layers are too thick-I have quality thicker flannels for the top and the backing along with a wool batting in between. The only other thing I can do is hand tie it-which I had issues with too-as the quilt is too heavy for my old fashioned wooden quilt frame. I need to get this quilt out though and work on the floor to knot it. This will be a winter project.  I also hadn't thought about it when I made this how to wash it? ugh  I don't think there is a laundromat near me either-will figure that out later smiles-I love Yellowstone and really want to get this cozy quilt put together. It is a bit larger than a queen size-thick soft and cozy.

  I looked for a past post on this quilt and found this photo-it was on the frame but too heavy to stay tight while working on it

Bummer the lift is still not working. Larry knows how to wire up the motor etc but the person doing it is not listening at all. Larry has a vast knowledge of many things and if he hadn't gotten hurt he could do it and have this working. We finally had to put him on other jobs as he is wasting our wage money by not listening. He can't see or understand past what he keeps doing. Many of the younger generation I have noticed do not have an open mind for listening and learning-sad (not all of course, but we have run into this more lately)

Stay cool and enjoy the rest of your week