Remember the cowl that I designed and made for my wonderful friend-of-nearly-half-a-century, Rebecca? This one:. This one included achocha, tromboncino squash, cauliflower, green beans, apple, tomato, and garlic. Who was I to refuse? Every few days, I pick a bit of whatever’s ready in the garden and make a stir-fry. For more of my food-growing/wildlife-gardening pics, see here.īut three weeks ago, my creative urge wandered nonchalantly back in as though it’d never been away.* Like an errant cat, it shrugged and demanded sustenance. Getting home from work is followed by a potter in the garden to pick this little snack. I’m not joking: you’re welcome to take as much food as you like from my garden, but heaven help you if you don’t weigh it and record it in the little notebook on the kitchen table first. Relaxing in the garden.Īlso, I’ve been distracted by the demands of our little vegetable garden, because it’s a busy time of year for growers, and my nerd-brain needs to update multiple charts and spreadsheets with every single gram of produce that ripens. Seriously, you could have dumped me beside the most magical motifs that Mother Nature has to offer, and instead of thinking I CAN WORK THE INTRICACIES OF THIS SLIME MOULD INTO THE PATTERN FOR A STRANDED DRESS, I’d have shrugged and taken another sip of green tea… or wine, depending on the time of day. My previously unquenchable need to knit and to design went AWOL for a while.
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