Planting Trees

This last weekend the family spent a good deal of time at our property. We went thinking we'd spend two days planting trees and bushes. That didn't happen. There was the mondo watering system to build first. That took more than the two days but on day three, there was enough done to start planting. This tree is a Nanking Cherry and was the first tree planted on the property next to that cute little emitter on the hose. Richard worked all day Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to get the watering system completed to where it actually waters. There have been many bumps along the way. There are 8 - 500' lengths of hose to plant along. We have 400 trees/bushes so they are planted about every 10' and we have two lines planted so that's about 100 plants with 300 to go.

The weather is forcing us to take a break but we hope to be back at it and get the rest planted this coming Saturday. Then we can start planning our play time!

Humanitarian Project

A couple weeks ago I was browsing around lds.org and came across the Humanitarian Center's 'current needs' link. Out of curiosity I clicked on it. The only need they have at the moment are 90"x90" quilts and I thought, I can do that.

After the earthquake in Haiti I texted my 10 bucks to my cell phone carrier and participated in the ward's quilt project. We got 3 quilts tied for the Humanitarian Center. Then after more earthquakes in Chile and tsunami's hitting islands, we donated a bit more money to relief efforts but I still had a nagging that I could do more... but what? When I clicked on that link that quilts were needed, I immediately thought of all the fabric I have. A lot of it I would never miss so I made a game plan and started cutting. A couple years ago I bought a bunch of little 8x8x8 open containers to organize my smaller fabric stash by color. Over the last two weeks I've gotten them out, one by one, and cut all the fabric to 10" and 6" sizes. The 10" sizes will take 100 squares to make a quilt, the 6" sizes 360. When I get the tops made, I'll figure out the backs. Anyone want to sew a top together?