u/justalittleloopi

These are Aswad, an Iraqi variety and are supposed to get up to 3 lbs each.

I was planning on canning tomato sauce anyway, so not the biggest loss, but still wish I had at least one golden jubilee plant.

Started from seeds from a reliable company. They replaced the pack but it's too late for this season.

Blue Hubbard, I'd estimate closing in on 30lbs. There's, I think, 4 more close to this size and several other smaller ones, plus a bunch of other winter squashes.

I've completed 28 projects in the last 9 months (since my son was born), ranging from washclothes to a queen size blanket. I shouldn't feel guilty for buying more yarn, right? Lol I'm obviously using it. It's my fun money. It's all stored in 4 zippered storage bags in a closet.

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I had to buy some brown yarn to continue my play food project for my son, but wanted that free shipping so ordered a lot more than that...

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I just definitely have a backlog of projects because I have built up a bit of stash over the last year.

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Not totally serious on the guilt but maybe this is the last new yarn for a while.

Edit: and my husband is almost too supportive of my yarn addiction lol

Pic one is the day we grabbed it. Four years ago. Lol took us a while to get here.

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Pic two is how we started. Considering we got it off the sidewalk from our neighbor, not too bad.

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Pic three is completely sanded. Original finish is in perfect shape.

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Pic four is during the pour. We're using ekopel 2. A lot of prep, but seems to be the best bet.

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Pic five is completely coated! Currently curing, but seems good so far.

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Pic six is the bottom when we got it.

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Pic seven is after sanding.

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Pic eight is with the rustoleum coating. Feet are also going to be black.

Went for the zucchini, walked away with 15 lbs of winter squash, too.

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They're ripe, I promise. I always pick them based on color and rind hardness and they last a year plus after curing.

Peppergate but for tomatoes? Bought a new seed packet of golden jubilee after growing out of the same packet for years. Both plants are clearly a roma/ paste type. Bummed, but at least the plants are healthy and productive.

All edible varieties. No duplicates in these pictures. Spaghetti squash (so many. 20+ so far), acorn squash, Gill's golden Pippin, honeynut, sweet meat, blue hubbard, jaradale, baby bear, kakai, and winter luxury. Still waiting on green striped cushaw, state fair winner pumpkin, Cinderella pumpkin, and long island cheese.

This is in my community garden plot, in a space approximately 10 x 15 ft. Drip water, no fertilizer so far beyond compost.

I think the first spaghetti squash will be ready in the next week or so. The plan is to pull the plants as I reach my desired number of mature squash and open up room for the larger/ later varieties.

We saved this tub from a neighbor who pulled it out so it's not original to our home, which was built in 1920, but it turns out it's pretty dang close to the right age! The tub was painted white on the outside when we got it and it ended up having layers of orange, pink, and yellow.

Don't know what they are, they've been in the tank for years, have multiplied easily, really low light conditions and no added nutrients.

Just need to thin the tank. Might also throw in some anubias if I accidently pull one.

There's ramshorns snails in the tank, which are plant safe. No pond snails, planaria, etc.

Did a cool $1300 in sales, which is pretty solid, though this particular event is always top notch with a low $75 booth fee. Lowest cost item is $1.50 and highest is $30.

I had new signage, some new displays, and finally got some business cards. I've been really haphazardly doing this for a few years. There was a slight bump in total sales but I also debuted an illustration of the particular neighborhood we were in, so that almost certainly also contributed.

I wasn't originally a corner, but the person who was supposed to be next to me decided they didn't like the spot and used a slight depression in the grass as an excuse to move. Had to last minute shuffle things but this set up ended up being peak. Had so much foot traffic through the tent. There was a point where a group with dogs decided to camp under my tent for 15 minutes just chatting which was frustrating as I saw people chose not to come look because of it, and there were two dog scuffles.

Overall, was a great time.

I've always been a blankets, hats, and sweaters kinda girl so doing these little toys has been a fun learning experience.

No pattern, just winging it! Gonna do corn, banana, avocado, grapes, and so many more!

Everyone in my life gets a plum!

Not even 1/2 of the lower branches that i could easily reach on one tree out of three. There's at least double this amount still on the tree.

Will be canning whole and as jam. They're super sweet and flavorful this year.

Both Lion Wool Ease Thick and Quick but the green yarn was slightly thicker and stiffer, which resulted in a slightly larger and stiffer hat. Didn't notice until I got them next to each other. Oh well, they both fit.

Self drafted, no pattern.

Made my son a 100% alpaca cardigan with some Frog Tree sport weight yarn i got from someone here on reddit.

I've been knitting for 23 years but I've never ventured too far. Well, that's coming to an end. First stranded colorwork, first German short rows, first steeking!

The panic when I started cutting was crazy. My husband had a complete look of horror on his face and kept saying "just make it a fake cardigan!" LOL

On a side note, the button selection at my local Michael's is truly absismal. There were 3 options in the correct size.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dyning---cardigan

Grapes are flame seedless. We had a somewhat wet late spring but haven't had rain in 20 days and likely won't have more than maybe a brief sprinkle sometime in July or August until October. Have only watered once, slow drip from a hose. Probably need to thin out the branches a bit, but didn't think this would be an issue.

Plus some grapes, wineberries, and pomegranates

First squash is spaghetti. Currently 14 squash on 3 plants.

Second squash is sweet meat with another spaghetti in the top corner.

Third is, you guessed it, more spaghetti, with some butternut flowers and the edge of an acorn squash.

Fourth is a couple of baby bear pumpkins. Currently counting 6 on three plants.

There's also a Hubbard, a couple kakai, and a couple luxury winter pumpkins that have set.

Grapes are flame seedless and concord.

Pomegranate is parafinka.

Three bird planted trees, two varieties, all delicious.

We have three wild plum trees, two are a nice deep purple skin with a orange to deep magenta inside when ripe and the other is red both inside and out with purple leaves. These were planted by birds and likely mixes of various ornamental, cultivated, and native plums. They're all wonderfully sweet- tart and perfect for jam.

My neighbor has a golden cherry plum sized one and other random fruits are everywhere in the neighborhood.

I like to pick them when they're about halfway ripe, and finish ripening on the counter, otherwise the birds and squirrels will take them all!

Used Happy Sheep Wool Big, 8mm circular needles. It's so fluffy! And my husband liked it so much, I'm making one for him now.

https://ravel.me/classic-cabled-hat-and-mittens