Garden view, July 21 – you can see we finally took out the crappy, sad zucchini at the back and have planted some beans that I hope will spring up quickly.
Eggplant flowers!
So close!
Swatching for a new sweater – Anzula Haiku, a cool blend of superwash merino, bamboo and nylon.
New shawl project, too.
Is three projects enough for 7 days away?!
I’ve finished the knitting on my deadline project, so I’m finally able to go back and pick up some projects that have been on the needles for way too long!
Ah, the quick knit – some little handwarmers to match a hat that I finished awhile ago (patterns forthcoming).
This lacy cardigan is so close to done! I think I’d love to have it ready to wear on vacation at the end of the month. Just a couple inches of body and then the short top-down sleeves.
Also! We picked our first garden carrot, mostly out of curiosity. It was pretty tiny (thickest part was maybe 1 inch long), but tasty!
The garden is growing really well these days! I’m sure it could be hotter, weather-wise, for the tomatoes, peppers and eggplant – but I love this cooler weather.
Garden overview, June 12:
The cucumber is climbing! We got exactly 1 cucumber last year, but I have high hopes for this one.
The sweet cherry peppers are flowering…
..and little ones are appearing!
The zucchini also failed rather spectacularly last year, but this year we have 130L tubs to grow in! Pretty flower with a tiny zucchini behind it.
We have two types of Asian eggplant growing – white and magenta. I also sowed some radishes in there to make the most of the space.
The peas are giant, and just started flowering.
A new variety of tomato for me this year – Riesenstraube. Looking good, nice and bushy.
The bigger tomatoes are flowering too!
The indoor herbs are doing well too, though the lettuce was over-seeded and got all leggy. This morning I harvested what there was, took out the stems, and re-seeded more thinly for a new crop.
In crafting news, I finally finished this guy – and one row of my Superhero alphabet.
And I started a new summery shrug, out of madelinetosh pashmina. I had to take the weekend off to rest my arm, but I’m hoping to get lots done this week.
