Pioneer Woman at Heart

I am almost done weeding all of the flower beds.  I have yet to weed the herb garden, but it's in pretty good shape thankfully. We came up with a solution to "fence" the other vegetable garden on a budget.  We are seeking out a person to come till the vegetable gardens on a budget.  It seems that the only one we can find so far, is with a large tractor (so glad we removed two sides of the fenced garden).   We had a coyote in the gardens lately.  We are also hoping it has moved on. The new coop build is on hold (sigh), but there is nothing I can do about it. When you run a homestead, you run into set backs here and there.   Our AC units are not in yet, and we are in the 80's.  Again, another job on hold (for now).   I've started harvesting chive blossoms (more on that later). I managed to gather yarn scraps to crochet the latest book blanket granny square, but have yet to crochet it.  Progress. I was asked if I had anymore croch...

  Our apple trees have apples this year.  However, we need to get the tree baffles made very soon or the raccoons will strip the trees. We are having some fantastic weather lately.  I got more weeding done and more crafting time carved into my days. I have been working on crocheted water balloons.  I have located these colors so far.  They are eco-friendly and re-useable and washable.  No mess to pick up on a hot outdoor fun day.   Finally!  We haven't had these bad boys since 2019.  2020 was a wash out due to a very dry season.  Of course these are up much later than usual, but we are getting them.