{"id":176,"date":"2008-06-11T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=176"},"modified":"2008-06-11T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T16:36:00","slug":"string-and-things-for-string","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"String and things for string"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whirlwind update with something for everyone. I&#8217;ve been collecting photos and not posting them, so here&#8217;s a catch-up photo essay.<\/p>\n<p>I have a new reel, complete with rotation counter, courtesy of Nick. It spins beatifully, although the counter-post is going to need some work. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos\/reel20080611.jpg\" alt=\"New reel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The furniture fairies (aka Nick&#8217;s parents) brought us some things last winter, and I appropriated one as a yarn storage cabinet. It&#8217;s in the hallway because it won&#8217;t fit anywhere else, but isn&#8217;t it just lovely?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos\/furniture20080611.jpg\" alt=\"New furniture\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And it looks like it was built to hold yarn, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>One of this weekend&#8217;s projects was a whole bunch of dyeing, including an indigo vat. More to come on that, but isn&#8217;t the result pretty?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos\/indigo20080611.jpg\" alt=\"indigo silk \/><\/p>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s been in the 90s here, I decided it was probably okay to plant tomatoes. Even though it snowed a couple weeks ago, and was in the 30s right before it hit the 90s. Maybe I&#8217;m optimistic. I got four tomato plants, some basil and some parsley at the new Wednesday farmer&#8217;s market on campus by my office (convenient!), and traded Tamie for a white sage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos\/tomo1-20080611.jpg\" alt=\"tomato\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tomatoes are all heirloom varieties, some of which I&#8217;ve never even heard of: Flamme, Sioux, Pineapple, and Brandywine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos\/tomo2-20080611.jpg\" alt=\"tomato\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t they have such evocative names? All are planted in the courtyard, and doing well even in the crowd of pinks that I couldn&#8217;t bring myself to pull out. <\/p>\n<p>The first blackberry bush is blooming! They were planted next year, so I&#8217;m not anticipating a big crop, but I&#8217;d like a few berries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos\/berry1-20080611.jpg\" alt=\"berry bushes\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The raspberries are making themselves right at home, sending up new shoots. No flowers yet, but I&#8217;m hopeful.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos\/berry2-20080611.jpg\" alt=\"berry bushes\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whirlwind update with something for everyone. I&#8217;ve been collecting photos and not posting them, so here&#8217;s a catch-up photo essay. I have a new reel, complete with rotation counter, courtesy of Nick. It spins beatifully, although the counter-post is going to need some work. 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