Today I dug up more Kennebeck potatoes. These are good tasting, nice size. I also dug up Soraya, which I think is OK but not as good as Kennebeck.
The bowl on the left is from three potato plants, grown in the ground. mOn the right, three plants grown in a growing bag.
I forgot to photograph Soraya. They were much smaller and fewer per planr, so far.
Here are the first figs of the summer crop. So sweet and juicy! Also a couple of Petite Aubique.
Well, now we know. Thunbergia grows nicely in the summer climate here. These were a seed mix of different colors. Unofficially, "Black Eyed Susan Vine". I'm told that in Holland these are called "Suzanne with the lovely eyes".
d I finished the star quilt top side. It still needs a border and backing, then to be sandwiched with cotton batting and quilted.
The stars look a lot nicer up close. The big picture obscures so much detail.
Now I'm working on the backing. I think most quilters use a plain fabric or even a bedsheet for the backing. I don't want to buy more fabric. Plus, there was a lot in my fabric stash, and I want to clean out the majority of that stash. So, I'm making a simple patchwork backing using mostly the same fabrics and some others I had squirreled away.
Technically, this will make the quilt reversible. However, the backing is much simpler and will go much faster compared to the front.
