A Handy Hanger

I have been cleaning like a mad woman and attacked the closet last week.  Wow was that scary.  One major thing I kept stumbling on was belts.  We don't have a belt hanger or organizer and I just couldn't get them in the right spot where they stayed put and out of the way.  I decided I couldn't take it anymore and went to the internet for organizing techniques.  I knew I had denim so that is how I facilitated my search.  Oh my goodness did I hit the jackpot!  I decided to go with the fastest organizer to make that I saw which was on BerdaStyle.  It was simple and didn't have instructions which gave me plenty of liberty.  Now, I understand this isn't the most glamorous looking thing but let me tell you, it is so convenient!  It does exactly what I need it to do and I had it done in about thirty minutes so it fit the bill.  My next thought it that I could do this out of some small kids jeans and hang it in my sewing room for some small scale organization!

Easy and Fast Denim Storage

 

Instructions:
1.  To start off take a pair of jeans and sew the bottom of each leg shut. 
2.  Then measure 6"-8" (distance can change depending on how big you want your storage pockets to be) from the seam you just created and sew across again. 
You can use any stitch you like, the more sturdy the better. 
Continue to sew every 6"-8" going up the leg until you get just below the pocket.  Repeat on the other leg.

 

 

3.  Take scissors and cut parallel to your stitching, about an inch below each area you stitched across starting with the second seam up from the bottom. 

Cut below all seams until you reach the top.

 

3.  Find a sturdy hanger and attach to the top of the jeans.  Hang in your closet or wherever you need organizing!

 

Weekly Harvest Review

This is a recap of the past two weeks as I was so broken hearted after our big loss to report what we had.  Of course, don't forget the daily egg gathering and veggies that only make it from the garden to the chicken pen!

The first of the sweet corn!

Yes, more squash.

My favorite, sweet corn!

MORE squash! Yellow, zucchini and spaghetti squash. Beans and a few cucumbers.  As you can see some of the zucchini reached monster size.  Lots of this goes to the chickens and never even makes a picture.  The smaller goes to supper in various forms, breads and baby food.

A Big Loss

I haven't written in a bit because simply put, life has been crazy.  We went to Wyoming for Cheyenne Frontier Days and had the most fantastic time.  Then it was back to the grind and playing catch-up.  Way to many things to even begin to explain!

We did have a major travesty here at the funny farm.  My lovely and fun ducks decided that they would take things into their own hands (webbed feet?) and EAT our garden!  Please excuse me while I shed a tear....  Ok, it has been a week since it happened so I really should be over it but I still can't hardly look at the ducks.  They of course, hadn't bothered anything all season and waited until things were really going strong to make their attack.  We lost 90% of our beans, 98% of our tomatoes and most of our peppers.  I was heartbroken.  This is why there was no harvest report for the week, I just couldn't bare to think about the garden!  We still have lots of squash varieties left in addition to corn, carrots, lettuce and melons.  Some of our tomatoes are trying to make a comeback so we will see how long it stays warm into the fall to see if they can make up for such a hard hit.  I think the part that made me most upset about this event is that we have worked so hard on the garden this year.  Most years we are ambitious at the start but get to busy or lose steam at some point and more or less give up.  We hadn't hit that point yet this year and I have a feeling we may not have!  I guess we will just work hard to keep what we have in great shape and may even try and replant a few of our favorites since we do still have a good amount of summer and warm weather left in this region.

Now, back to the garden!