July 4, 2023, Independence Day

 

… finally I don’t have to rush through braiding because I don’t have another appointment scheduled today. So I take my time.  When my reverse total shoulder replacement is tired, I take a break and do some PT stretches. I cleaned some Broadleaf Czech bulbs for tomorrow. I’m going to use the remaining Inchelium Red bulbs to create three more braids. Because it’s the end of my Inchelium Red harvest, one of them will be a short braid—8 bulbs.

Garlic curing rack Jim and I created from a picture of this design on Pinterest. Here it’s filled with plants from Louisville and Monticello. 2023

   I decide to sweep the floor i’ve been wanting to sweep for days. I begin sweeping. I have to duck under the beam of the curing rack to sweep back behind the rack. I do well until I get around to the front  side of the rack. As I sweep, my broom handle lifts up under the edge of the rack and pushes up one of the slats. I could feel the pressure of it on the broom, but not quick enough to stop ALL of the garlic from sliding off the backside of the rack— that’s half the garlic that is on the rack. 

   So I finished sweeping and got my husband to come out and help. He steadies the rack while I go behind it and pick up all the garlic plants and put them back in their slots. Some excitement for the Independence Day.

   Braiding has gone well. I have completed another Inchelium Red braid—this one for Rose. I think I may hang it on my wall until it has finished curing before I deliver it to her. I’m not sure though, I may go ahead and contact her to figure out a way to get her braid to her. She can hang it to finish curing.

   When I finished cleanup, I contacted the next person who had pre-ordered a braid. I texted him the descriptions of the four types of garlic I grow, and asked which type of garlic  he wants. I’m waiting for his reply and continuing to clean and braid the rest of the harvest.

   The remainder of my work day — after a break to rest and ice my shoulder— I spent working on my website lynncarnefix.com, which, as of July 4 is not yet published live.    

   My son Maple is consulting with me to create this website. Because he has his own Squarespace website and has worked for months—perhaps really years—getting it the way he likes his to be, he knows where things are and can quickly figure out how to navigate and how to operate the menus and commands to explain how to do something I want to try on my website. I am so grateful for his consultation.