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Latest project off the loom, a lovely table runner in alpaca and mung silk, very classy and has a lovely feel and weight. #handwoven #madebyhand

Another baby blanket done. Maybe this will become the weaving channel 😅 Would love to find more #herbalist #fiber #weaving #knitting #garden folk to follow

Indoor sports: weaving a blanket, this one for one of my wee grandchildren ❤️

Summer's winding down, at least the intense harvesting part (other than allll the apples). Think I'm done with cherry tomatoes in general, need to find a nice medium sized red next year. Nice first year harvest of skullcap and hops and just enough green beans left for my lunch. In the garden for fall: Italian dandelion greens, bok choi, arugula, purslane, mizuna, miner's, carrots, collards, beets, snow peas....

Boo boo salve for the year, made with calendula, plantain, and yarrow with lemongrass and lavender essential oils. Such a rich green color and scent! And yeah last year I named it "wound salve" to make it more man-friendly 😅 but females seem to use, appreciate, and set the healthy living tone in my area and they and their kids love the "boo boo" 😁 My recipe is simple: 1 cup infused herbal oil to 1 oz beeswax (and 6-10 drops of eo per ounce so it's light enough for the littles among us). And. I added (I hope) a different wallet so IF I did things right I should be zappable and zappalotable. I guess we'll find out! #herbalist

Garlic is cured and in. Next stop: separating cloves and beginning the drying and powdering process. I find making homegrown garlic powder so rewarding! In other news, Alby won't (yet) work for me here; I can't swing the monthly fees. Is anyone using a non-fee, self-custodial wallet to zap on Nostr with? Please share! #asknostr #homesteading

Finished my scrappy sweater! All done with leftover random yarns I didn't know what else to do with, including plenty of handspuns. Haven't washed it yet but just so happy to finish! It's perfectly funky for my 13yo 😅

Good reading and finishing up a wee baby blanket. Got the first garden bed turned over for fall planting. This year, drip irrigation went in; hopefully next year we can fence out the deer (currently I cover everything at dusk). First look at the bioreactor compost after a year and it's not bad but definitely not fine yet (still useable). Oh, and here's another look at why it's better to grow/raise your own food/medicine. On the left is chamomile I buy from a very respected and reputable herb source...on the right is my own, dehydrated. Which would you prefer? P.S. Chatting with Alby tomorrow--we'll see if I can get everything sorted out 🤷‍♀️ #grownostr #garden #herbalist