We Sold Plants

Another plant sale is in the books. We sold most of the inventory and made $5700 for the homestead foundation. As much as I keep saying that I don’t want to do it again next year, I’ve decided that the plant sale is like childbirth. After a few months, I will forget how much work it was and I will sign up to do it again. I have a core group of people who put in a lot of work—Sarah, Susan, Sandy, and Jody—and as long as they are willing to help me, we’ll keep going forward.

I must have been exhausted because I crashed into bed at 6 pm last night and didn’t wake up until 5 am this morning. 🛌

Sarah and I got a delightful surprise during the sale, too. Someone we both know from our time in the spinning and knitting world showed up to buy plants. It turns out she lives in the valley! I am hoping we can reconnect with her now that we know she’s local.

As usual, I was so busy that I didn’t take any pictures. One of the other board members was there to help and she was taking pictures, so hopefully she will share them.

We have a few more things to wrap up—the Food Bank will come this week and pick up the leftover plants—but then it’s on to the next project. I have to plant my garden. While I was at the sale, the husband spent the day being the Lawn Ranger and mowed both properties. I just have to mow the garden and I’ll do that this week. I like the exercise.

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I am not ready to begin cold-weather sewing yet, but I do love the new Sid Bomber Jacket pattern from StyleArc:

I am so short-waisted that a normal bomber jacket looks weird on me, but this one comes in a long length! Yay! I am putting it on the list as a possible make for this fall.

I ordered two cuts of Kona Crush from an Etsy seller and it arrived this week:

Crush is going to be out of production soon—if it isn’t already—so I am stocking up on a few colors.