This quilt block shows a set of sacks of fertilizer with a sign against a light blue background. The sign has a black fabric post and a tan fabric signage that reads, "Pony Poo $5.00". On each brown sack there is a label that reads, "Pony Poo" in black pen. Each sack, and the sign and post are outlined by a bright yellow stitching.

Block-A-Day 350 – The Pony Poo

Tina December 16, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

On the farm, we compost all our animal waste. We use deep wood chip bedding and with the animals turning it all the time it composts right under their feet and wonderful compost is made.

This quilt block shows a stack of straw bales. The bales themselves are a very yellow orange fabric. Each bale is outlined by a very frilly leaf like stitch of very gold thread. There are four bales in a block, with one bale on top. There is another bale to the right leaning on the main pile of bales.

Block-A-Day 328 – The Straw Bales

Tina November 24, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

First thing you think of on the farm is animal bedding, and it’s definitely good for that. But, straw has a lot of uses, especially in the garden. It’s much better for mulching your flower beds for winter and summer because it doesn’t have the seeds hay has in it.

This quilt block shows a large brown and yellow fly with a trail of gray stitching on a blue background. Below it is a gray bucked with an orange label on it, and next to that a rust colored trowel. The largest item is a pile of black fabric with green marks on it representing manure. It has a white stitching outline around it.

Block-A-Day 201 – Jan And The Manure

Tina July 20, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

This manure pile has been mixed with the wood chips the animals are bedded on and is starting to break down nicely. Jan will go home and layer it in with some more carbon (straw) and vegetarian nitrogen from unsprayed grass clippings.

This block shows a brown garden fork sticking in the ground. It's like a pitch fork but it's completely brown and made of wood. It's fairly large. On top of the fork is a yellow singing bird. Next to the fork are two beautiful plans, drawn by green pen and stitching. Each flower has bulbs on the ends, one in a drooping fashion that are red, and the other along the stalk going up that are pink. This is all against a blue background.

Block-a-Day 185 – Garden Compost & Mulch

Tina July 4, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

An amazing quilter, she once told me if she had to choose between quilting and gardening she would choose gardening. One of her best ongoing projects is her compost pile. She loves her compost pile.

This quilt block shows a large brown fence with rounded tops for the first lower third of the block. Then above that are three cone like trees in a row against a gray background. The trees greenery is indicated by a polka-dotted light green splotchy fabric.

Block-A-Day 117 – Daydreaming And Budding Romance

Tina April 27, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

This area is for middle schoolers only. The staff has found that the trees provide wonderful shade when it’s hot but also manage to present opportunities to hide behind and gossip or sneak a kiss.