Where has Time Gone?

This past month...September... has been hard to write a post.  Nothing's physically wrong, just nothing happening that I wanted to write about.  The garden's been having a hard time existing   Blight and bugs attacked the tomatoes and eggplants, peppers didn't seem to want to grow.  Jeff dug the potatoes and got about half a bushel...mostly reds.  He found out that white potatoes don't produce in hills like red ones do. We still don't know if there are any sweet potatoes. As long as the green tops keep growing, he's not digging them up.  We got 3 small cabbages...that were rotten inside when he cut them open to use in soup.  The green beans and zucchini were great and we're still picking them!  The wax...or yellow...beans are plentiful but don't seem to ripen.  The herbs did ok in the beginning but bolted in September.  This month I've come to understand why so many pioneer women had nervous breakdowns.  A lot of hard work goes into a garden with no guarantees. 

Jeff still feels raised bed boxes are the way to go so he's built more raised bed boxes...with more to still build...but it's getting more difficult to fill the boxes with soil & compost. The t-boned Forester is at the body shop getting a 'face lift'.  When it's repaired, Jeff will be back in business hauling pallets, compost, and probably even some dirt that we will have to buy. He's also got to get a couple more hog panels to finish the wood shed and rolls of plastic to skin the green house. I refused having a trailer hitch installed on the Outback...at least right now...so that's put a stop to a lot of projects.  Jeff's spent some of the free time fishing and I've enjoyed going along some of the time but those hot days turned into cold nights that I didn't enjoy.  Cool temperatures or lots of flying bugs...I don't know what I dislike more.

I've kept busy knitting, selling 11 baby hats and a couple of sweater sets in September, but I'm running out of steam! September was a good month in the shop and October's staying strong so I'm trying to knit on a schedule to keep my stock up.  I've started rewarding myself with a couple of chapters from a mystery book if I finish something during the day!  I did a couple of pairs of wool socks for the wife of a cousin in Wisconsin, and worked on another pair for Jeff.  I even worked on socks for me!  I'm trying to decide what designs to use for holiday knits for the shop. 

My mother is doing well physically but is not happy at Valley Heath.  Most days she knows that's where she belongs now, but some days....  My cousins came from Detroit and Milwaukee last week to visit her and she was pleased the day before and the day of their visit but the day after she was looking for a fight...with me and the staff!  Oh, well.