Make It Monday 17th April 2023

Good morning!

Make it Monday rolls around fast!

Last week was busy in the kitchen, garden and craft room.

I cooked tomatoes down to a nice, thick, yummy consistency to make tomato sauce. I'll use this during the year to make pasta sauce or tomato soup or cacciatore or anything else that required tomatoes.

I finished work on the Irresistible Blooms workshop, can't wait to get that started.

I planted parsnips and turnips. Before planting I soaked the seeds overnight, then sowed them straight into the garden. Root veggies do not like to be transplanted, and I have much better success when I direct sow these veggies. I made sure the soil was well turned over and nice and loose, and gave them a good drink of compost tea. Then I covered them with the hoops and I'm glad I did, the rain has been constant since they went in the ground and those tiny seeds would most definitely have washed away. 

I crocheted a set of make-up scrubbies for the present box.

I crocheted a daisy dishcloth to replace one that was sold in our store.

I crocheted a pot holder for the present box. 

I finished a dishcloth for the present box.

I crocheted a daisy dishcloth and matching pot holder for the present box.

I crocheted another set of scrunchies for the present box.

I went to card group and made cards using scraps. These have already been bagged up to send to the retirement village. 

I harvested volunteered potatoes from the garden. Potatoes were $3.50/kg last week so this is a big saving.

What did you make, bake, sew and grow last week?