Yes. I have corn growing..for now :)

Seeeeee.......... corn !!!!!! and the squash bugs havent found my plants yet..

Random corn growing. I tucked corn wherever i had room. i have 32 tommato plants in...most are heirloom varieties of all kinds...

Lemon balm is really growing great this year. Here in few days i need to pick some and infuse in olive oils for my soaps....

Lapquilts in various stages

Here are the 2 I decided to try and finish up today . Spent over 4 hrs on them already... yarn tatting on them and then hand sewing the binding that I make from fabric. Least another 6 hrs work to finish them up. I havent sewn all the horses on yet......once sewn on I will be back and embroidery around the edges of them . On the full body horses I may add bridles in embbroiidery and maybe an appliqued saddle ...not sure yet ) . Both lapquilts are made with a combination of upholstery fabrics. I love the textures and patterns in the tapestry and upholstery fabrics much better than lightweight cottons...




Then here is the second one.. I still need to add more horse heads and buttons for eyes .plus the embroidery around them . I am not going for a "traditional quilt" look. Each one will be a little work of art when finished. Then will come the fun of deciding what to charge for them ......each will be least 100.00. I will get complete pics of each when i have them done

Infusing Rose and Spearmint Oils ..

I usually infuse my herbs in olive oil and let set for several weeks but I wanted to try this method using lard and the crockpot.Lard being what i had on hand and alot cheaper than olive oil. I will be using in my HP soap later on. So i harvested a batch of spearmint the neighbor had growing in her yard and some of my rose petals. I filled the crockpot with it all and then added 2 cups of lard . I plan to let this infuse on "warm" setting for several days . Alot of people infuse thier herbs only for 4 or 6 hours by crockpot but i want to be sure to get a strong infused oil. I want to try to root a few o fthe spearment plants in a pot for my herb garden later on. These may be too big to get to root . But i plan on trying :)