Scheesch!

Well, I am glad the laundry soap worked for you. I am going out to sprinkle some on a Fire Ant mound. They decided to build right in my vegetable garden, for Pete's sakes. We are expecting Thunderstorms today...in fact any minute. I just heard a distant rumble. Need to move all the seedlings back into the greenhouse in case we get hail. Ugh! Gotta go put some plastic collars around the newly set Genovese Basil seedlings so they don't get beat to death. I cut the bottoms out of old 3-4" plastic pots and set them around tender plants to protect them from wind damage. I stick a fat stick next to each tender plant to keep cutworms from chewing through them, or use paper collars. Once the stems get thick and tough, the paper collars have decayed and turned back to the earth. I find things that work that are cost-free and recycle everything I can. I do not like to use insecticides or chemical fertilizers. Yes, my place is a working garden. If you lived close to me, we could share plants and help each other. (I have way too many vegetable seedlings this year. EVERY seed grew!) Ain't that the pits to live so far from the ones you click with? Oh, well, I am glad to have you all on here to share with and cry with too. Some of us call each other and some we exchange emails, Some of us trade plants and things. It is great to have long-distance friends. These are the best bunch of people I know. Better get back out there and finish before the storm hits. The clouds are building fast. Hope we don't get hail and tornadoes tonight. Happy Earth Day! ~Annie

Here's something about this subject. I just made a purse like the one on Annies Attic Free Pattern. I did not have a pattern. I just made it up as I went. Which I do most often. I see a handle and buy it then make something that I like to go with it. My purse is a darker shade of green with one light flower on it. If you can do it ,, go ahead. I give my permission. I agree, DROP IT!

Thanks for pointing out the free patterns, Rosa. I haven't been on their site for awhile, but I don't remember seeing that feature before either. I order all of my thread from Connecting Threads and have been pleased with their customer service. Bonnie