We had a very special Labor Day weekend due to the visit of our dear friends Nancy & Phil from Maine. They brought lobsters for those of us who LOVE lobster (Wayne, Marc & Myself). The others had fun commenting on the way we eat them. The weekend flew by and before we knew it Phil and Nancy had to leave to make that long trek to the north country. We tried to convince them that they may have been exposed to some serious virus when Katelyn displayed symptoms, but they had to get back to their work and family so we finally let them go. Hopefully, they'll be back again VERY soon. (Hint, hint!!!)
After they left we did some puttering around the house. I put the dried beans into jars and refilled the drying rack with the next crop of herbs to dry. This time there was a totally new plant on the drying rack...Wheat that we grew in one of the raised beds. I'm going to try to do some straw weaving projects, which were popular in England. All the boxes by the rack are dried herbs waiting to be used in potpourri, sachets, or herb wreaths. This old wooden clothing rack has definitely been put to use this summer.
I harvested some of the blossoms from our bush that was covered this year. In the past couple of years we only had a handful of blooms, but this year it did great. I have another large basket filled with blooms on the dining room table.(Unfortunately the camera was on the wrong setting so the pics are blurry...I think I corrected the problem for the next set of pics.)
After they left we did some puttering around the house. I put the dried beans into jars and refilled the drying rack with the next crop of herbs to dry. This time there was a totally new plant on the drying rack...Wheat that we grew in one of the raised beds. I'm going to try to do some straw weaving projects, which were popular in England. All the boxes by the rack are dried herbs waiting to be used in potpourri, sachets, or herb wreaths. This old wooden clothing rack has definitely been put to use this summer.
I harvested some of the blossoms from our bush that was covered this year. In the past couple of years we only had a handful of blooms, but this year it did great. I have another large basket filled with blooms on the dining room table.(Unfortunately the camera was on the wrong setting so the pics are blurry...I think I corrected the problem for the next set of pics.)
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