Sunday

Fresh from the garden
French beans
Broad beans
Swiss chard
Courgettes
Carrots
Beetroot
Potatoes
The only thing we didn't grow was the organic chicken which got lost under mountains of Vegetables!
This was our version of the 'fatted calf' and John had his first roast dinner in a year.

The garden is really enjoying all the rain we've been having

And the greenhouse too - with Geoff's beloved peach tree

I have had a happy morning in my shed. i bought some lovely fleece at Woolfest with plans to make some more felt.

I'd like to make some more felt balls for bracelets and necklaces - I am thinking of Christmas already! It's never too early to start on that one!
AND

This is my shirt collection. I really like the quilt in the Kaffe Fassett book using shirting for a baby quilt. I might have a try?

Here is the banana fibre knitted into the bag from Knitty - but from memory as I was driving around in South Africa. I have made the thing too short, but I think I have a way round it. watch this space!
In texture it feels a lot like sari silk yarn. I don't really want to think too much about how many chemicals they must have used to render banana fibre knitable!

We had a lovely long phone call with Martha last night - she is really enjoying Damascus and starts the Arabic course at the university next week. She is living in rented rooms on the third floor of a building in the Christian Quarter, exploring the city enjoying the food and playing backgammon. I knew it was worth teaching her to play that years ago!

And I will leave you with a bit of Saturday Sky. I think I may try and organise myself enough to take part in that one.

Comments

[Dad.]

Well certainly a lovely selection of things safely gathered in but dare I mention Lathyrus odoratus? Good news about the long call from Martha and equally good that John is able to enjoy the delights of home fare. Love from Dad. I'm sure Mum would send her love as well but she is in the very last minutes of a quilt for a relation in America which has taken ten weeks of concentrated effort. I think she gets it from you!

[kristin]

gorgeous, gorgeous pictures. i am deeply envious of your garden goodies, and seeing them is almost (but not nearly) as good as eating them.

x

[Michelle]

Lovely photos. I was especially attracted to the fleece in the green and aquas, which is strange for me because I usually like the reds. What are those flowers at the bottom? Are they an allium? The folliage doesn't say allium, though. Hmmm? Thanks for visiting. It took me awhile to find you because the link in your blogger profile didn't work, so I googled you. :)

[Sal]

veg straight from the garden is sooo much tastier then bought stuff isn't it? and so rewarding - we're loving ours! Fab photos, love the allium? one especially

[wendy]

Oh Katie what a lovely post. All those veg and Geoffs peaches. Will you do a tutorial on how to make the little felt balls please? I have my eye on several of Tim's shirts for quilting, he doesn't know yet. He's still weraing them. I absolutely love your Saturday sky photo.

[Dad.]

I can understand the thought that the bottom flowers might be Allium because they are not unlike many in that species. They are however Echinops ritro.

[katie]

thanks dad - you are a wonder! more on the sweet peas very soon - but don't get excited!
x

[tania]

what a deliciousness filled post!
i don't know where to start- all the great stuff out of your own garden! i am inspired-
and the wool, quilt ideas!
lovely lovely.

[martha]

Hello mother, you have not updated your blog for a long time- what is happening at home?
We are starting school tomorrow and today there were some clouds in the sky (this is newsworthy) and we thought it might rain. but no. I miss being cold and needing to wear a jumper.
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