It's a dreary, drizzly day, so I'm working on tidying, dusting, and revamping my desk/sewing area with an eye toward decluttering and ending up with streamlined, increased functionality.
I've also been working on things out in the garden. I added three more 4'x8' beds! And promptly turned two of them and one of last year's into permanent berry beds, so I've not actually gained more space for things like carrots and tomatoes.
Two of the new beds got trellises built in them, as they've been planted with boysenberries and raspberries:
There's trellis wires between the posts now, to weave the vines up and through. And more soil, both sieved from the grass we dug up, but also purchased. The fun part of building the beds was that the ground not only slants east-west, but also north-south! So the northwest corner of each bed is only two or three inches above the ground, but in order to have relatively level beds, the southeast corners had to be shored up like this:
The other major thing I've been working on is making 289 5" blocks:
And turning them into a 50th anniversary gift for Wonderful Husband's parents:
It's not done yet - the quilting and binding still need to be finished. But I think it came out nicely, I'm proud of the work, and, most importantly, they like it!
