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This one particular Albion Strawberry plant in my GreenStalk planter is super ambitious. I didn't think strawberries would be producing in the fall. It's ripening slowly but that's ok. Can't wait to get that big one on the right. These plants were a good
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Less than a month ago, I temporarily set up my second GreenStalk in our front yard because our backyard (where I was originally was going to place it) is still a mess. The cool weather greens I planted have progressed nicely and I'm excited to harvest som
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Question... This is the first time growing Green Onions (Scallions) from seeds. Seems like they are getting tall and I'm afraid they will start bolting... Has anyone grown these from seed? Should I cut them down to about an inch to "restart" them so they
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I had some time to work in the garden. Mostly raking up leaves and weeding, but I also pulled up all my Squash and planted Broccoli (can't remember if they are Spigarello or Purple Sprouting, because I forgot to mabel them!)... Here are some random photos
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Today's harvest: the last of our fall batch of Bossa Nova Squash. The plants just kept getting mildew and stopped growinb, so I decided to pull them up and plant broccoli. I cooked the young fruit up in a Wo Won Ton chicken Egg Drop Soup. Discarded the la
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Nine new string blocks complete. I now have 25 in total. #fabric #quilt #quiltblocks #stringblocks #JoelsStringFernQuilt #scraps #scrap
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Late night sewing with Ben of GrowVeg and Charles Downing of No Dig Gardening. I didn't get to finish the 9 string blocks that I was starting earlier today, so trying to finish them up before going to bed. #youtube #sewingmachine #bernina #bernina770qeplu
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Our local quilt guild is having a Fall Finish Sew Fest where we can work on any sewing project. I'll try to complete 9 string blocks. #fabric #vallejopiecemakers #bluefabric #cuttingmat #rotatingcuttingmat #JoelsStringFernQuilt
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Brought 3 of my friends with me to sew at the Vallejo Piecemakers Fall Finish Sew Fest. #lego #minifig #minifigures #ernestodelacruz #professorpomonasprout #mandrake #bernina #sewingmachine
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Woke up early to cast my vote!... and I got my sticker! #lego #vote #usa #freedom #redwhiteandblue #ivoted #minifigures #minifigs #ivotedsticker
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Today's harvest: Amaryllis belladonna (Naked Ladies) seeds. I did some garden cleanup today and noticed that the Naked Ladies are starting to grow leaves, so I removed the old flower stalks that had some seeds and harvested the seeds. I just sprinkled the
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When I saw these Sweet Berry Strawberries at Lowe's, I loved the flowers and had to get it even though it was much more expensive than other strawberries. Strawberry flowers are usually white, but these red/pink flowers are also ornamental, so I placed it
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Today's harvest: even more Bosc Pears (and a few Turnbull Giant Pears, Pomegranate and Pink Pearl Apples). #pears #bosc #boscpear #harvest #pomegranate #JoelsHarvest
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I was going to charge to 80% at the CCS Fast chargers near Holiday Inn in Redding, but all of them are out of order (see last photo). This is unfortunately one thing I'm finding with a lot of CCS charging stations. Lots of broken chargers. Luckily, I have
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I made 7 more String block on our final night at this quilt retreat... So I have a total of 16 completed blocks. One of the quilters also tried an alternate block arrangement. #quiltblocks #quilt #block #quiltblock #stringblocks #JoelsStringFernQuilt #fab
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Made 6 more Tula Pink City Sampler blocks. These are Tula Pink's City Sampler Blocks No. 98, 100, 97, 95, 94, and 55. #tula100 #citysampler #eastbaycitysampler #joelscitysampler #quiltblock #tulapinkcitysampler
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I created 5 more string blocks... I added them to the 4 that I already created and it's giving me more of an idea of how my String Fern Quilt will look like. #fabric #quilt #quiltblock #stringblocks #stringtheory #JoelsStringFernQuilt
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I sewed as far as I can with my Double Rings quilt blocks and continued with more Tula Pink City Sampler blocks. These are Tula Pink's City Sampler Blocks No. 3, 38, 53, 2, and 79. #tula100 #citysampler #eastbaycitysampler #joelscitysampler #quiltblock #t
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Took a break from my Tula Pink City Sampler blocks and worked on my Double Rings quilt blocks... I have to say, I don't like sewing curve pieces and I have tons to sew. I still haven't perfected it and my pieced block pieces are coming out bumpy and wavey
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Some photos of the lodge where our group is having a quilt retreat. #lodge #obrienca #sewingmachine #retreat
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I got more Tula Pink City Sampler blocks sewn. These are Tula Pink's City Sampler Blocks No. 18, 44, 67, 22, 91, and 19. #tula100 #citysampler #eastbaycitysampler #joelscitysampler #quiltblock #tulapinkcitysampler
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I didn't know what quilt project to work on first so I choose to continue sewing together some Tula Pink City Sampler blocks. I made pretty good progress... And i think I have an idea of how I'm going to place all these blocks together... These are Tula P
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I brought a few friends with me to our quilt retreat. #lego #legominifigures #minifigures #groot #iamgroot #cactus #sewingmachine #bernina770qeplus
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Heading to a quilt retreat at O'Brien, CA and stopped my the Sundial Bridge in Redding to charge up my car and view the bridge. #sundialbridge #redding #bridge #river #turtlebay #sacramentoriver #river #clouds #sky pigeon #dome #hypedome
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Today's harvest: Pears and Pears and Pears and Pears!... #pears #boscpear #harvest #JoelsHarvest #peartree #garden
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Cutting some fabric to prep them for my Tula Pink City Sampler quilt blocks patterns that I will bring to an upcoming quilt retreat. #joelscitysampler #fabric #tulapinkcitysampler #rotarycutter #stripedfabrics #ruler #squareruler #fabriccutting
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Hello, I need suggestions for a scrappy floral quilt pattern using floral fabric like these. I initially thought of Latifah Saafir's The Other Side Quilt with an purple-burgundy ombre background, but I'm still thinking about it. I want something kinda mod
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I was supposed to set up my second GreenStalk in our backyard, but it still a mess in the back and I don't have space at the moment, so I decided to set it up for the fall and winter in our front yard. I direct seeded Daikons and Radishes in the top tier
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I placed my 4 string blocks into Adobe Illustrator, and drew out some other blocks so I can play around with tentative layouts. Which one do you like (C, D, A, or E)?... or do you have any other suggestions?... I can't wait to make more string blocks. #qu
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A few photos from the String Theory class by Fern Royce that I took this past weekend. It was nice and liberating just cutting fabric without having to measure. Thank you to the other quilters who brought lots of fabric scraps to share. I completed 4 bloc
