My flowers still look beautiful! The heat returns, and I am prepared this time. I was out and back in by 8:30am, with a heat index of 89°F. The tomatoes look better than the day before, but still way to wet to get in there to tie up plants. I will monitor my gardening time out in the sun, but have what's called "Nature's Gatorade." The recipe is from the Farmer's Almanac, but also online with Mother Earth News. I cut the recipe down for a 1/2 gallon, and used molasses, and did not add extra brown sugar. On the handmade home front, I am so frustrated with this inflation. Walmart raised their cotton cone yarn from $7.99 to $12.95, and never have the colors I need. JoAnn's raised their price to $15.99. I went online to check Michael's and they have them on clearance, and all are out of stock. I ended up finding one color on Amazon for $10.95, but the only option for the other colors in stock were $14.99 and that was "on sale" as th...
Inklings from the Farmhouse, embracing balance and new beginnings.