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ose them now i ll get back to my sewing machine and pattern development and hanging out with little noah as that is really why you all check in with thread theory after all you are waiting for more sewing patterns so you can get busy at your machines too happy sewing to all of you and thank you ever so much for reading about my life and my current perspective on social media please don t hesitate to share your opinions in the comments as i know many of you differ in how you expect small businesses to act on social media i look forward to hearing the diverse array of perspectives categories behind the scenes tags homestead news permalink june 25 2020 by threadtheory 3 comments spring at the farm it s time for a seasonal update about life at our homestead this spring has been an unusual one to say the least but since it is only just our second spring on the property we moved here march 2019 life hasn t been that abnormal for us as it has been for most we have very little with which to compare this confinement at home matt is out of work right now as one would expect so we are trying to make the most of his extra time by ticking off as many projects as possible the vegetable garden and irrigation system have been our main focus this last winter the garden was only a patch of layered cardboard leaves compost and straw the chickens enjoyed many months of scratching though the debris for bugs until we were ready to plant i am attempting to use the no dig method by charles dowding which i have used successfully on past gardens this year though we did not have a thick enough layer of quality compost to recreate past year s flourishing spring gardens the garden area was a market vegetable plot about 7 years ago but since then had been converted to pasture for small livestock the soil is deep and dark but infested with wireworms which ate basically every seed i put in the soil and most of my early spring starts once the soil warmed up the wireworms moved deeper so my main season veggies seem to be chugging along nicely according to some colleagues at the farm where i volunteer the wireworm problem should become less over time since they thrive on grasses i ve hedged my bets and put cut up potato pieces in the garden as traps i take out the pieces every few days and feed the wireworms to our chickens and i ve also applied beneficial nematodes between volunteering at the farm down the street and battling with this new to me pest i have learned a lot about growing vegetables this spring while i ve been battling wireworms matt has been puzzling through the design and installation of a rainwater collection system it has been a big cost in time and money but is necessary on this property because our well is not equipped to irrigate more than a single household the larger our garden area becomes the more pressure this will put on our well and pump so we need to supplement with rainwater we now have a 3000g tank installed by the shop and gravity fed drip tape spread throughout the orchard berry hedgerow and vegetable garden we hit a bit of a snag when the timer that matt purchased would not work with the low pressure system he designed but we ve set the idea of an automatic system aside for this year at least and are now just happy that the gravity fed system works with the turn of a few nozzles the last piece to the puzzle will be extending the irrigation from matt s shop gutters new last week to the tank using pvc that will happen in the next week or two just in time for the summer dry spell i hope there will be enough rain to fill the tank but i don t really expect that to be the case we will probably have to truck in one fill of water at least aside from these large projects we ve been enjoying lots of smaller homestead tasks this spring has really marked the beginning of a new era on this property since moving in we have mostly been removing things junk smelly flooring accumulated wood scraps overgrown brambles overgrown trees decrepit buildings around may we began to notice that some of our projects were actually centered around adding something new to the property and then as may came to a close they transitioned one step further to include some projects that aesthetically as well as functionally improved the property how exciting here are a few photos of the smaller tasks that we ve tackled my parents and their tractor helped us to build this play area for noah over the winter this spring matt planted the back levelled portion with clover seed and has been babying it with watering and mowing i don t have a current picture of the lush clover but you ll have to believe me when i say it is the perfect spot for a picnic table the gorgeous fernery grotto next to our sun room just keeps getting prettier we ve added a wood chip path through it and cleared out a lot of the overgrown ground cover so that i could add to the diversity of the garden by adding a variety of new ground covers my grandparents just gave me a tadpole pond form for my birthday i m really looking forward to installing it in the middle of this garden i think noah will be the perfect age to investigate the tadpoles as they turn into frogs next spring much of my may gardening time was spent watering by hand since the irrigation wasn t ready yet it was such a hot may and a very rainy and cool june matt built a lil chick cottage as we ve named it using the only remaining decrepit building on the farm a very sturdily built dog house noah enjoyed helping my dad built me these beautiful herb planters for our back patio and my mom filled them with soil and herbs i m just thrilled with them they make the steps quite a bit safer feeling and are very convenient to access from the kitchen i ve begun to paint the inside of the house at long last the kitchen is now done and is much brighter it used to be dark green and this picture is after one coat of slightly cream coloured white i ll continue the big job room by room and will tackle the easiest ones first as they can mostly be done in evenings and nap times for the main living areas we will need to bring in painting or childcare help i think matt s dad built us a really handy tv bench to contain some of noah s toys these sorts of projects really make our home feel ours just ignore that dark burgundy wall complete with many many scratches and outright holes for now i can just picture how nice and fresh it will look white lastly we have some adorable spring chicks in residence we bought six chicks in hopes that most would be female since the vast majority of the chicks we raised last year turned out to be roosters it turns out we have three roosters this time so in total we will have a flock of five laying hens after purchasing fourteen chicks in two years i don t think those are especially good results but we are happy to have met and supported local farmers by purchasing chicks through them rather than buying sexed chicks from a farm and feed at least to close a small tidbit of thread theory news we just completed a photo shoot and our latest pattern is with testers right now if all goes well i plan to launch it in august since it would make a nice fall sewing project if there are some more involved changes due to feedback we will of course adjust the timeline fingers crossed categories behind the scenes friday posts tags homestead news permalink may 6 2020 by threadtheory 2 comments our pattern collections and names i don t think i ve ever really fully explained how we name our patterns or organize them into collections since i ve received many queries about this over the years it is about time we began by developing four collection names as a framework to design our patterns within the collections are parkland casual wear alpine activewear cityscape urban menswear and meadow women s wear you can see our very first four patterns marked out on the map above they range in location from central to southern vancouver island let s delve into these collections and the place names we ve selected in more detail garments within the parkland collection must be suitable to wear while strolling or picnicing at one of vancouver island s many beaches or parks alpine collection garments on the other hand must be suitable for more strenuous hiking or climbing throughout the mountain ranges on our island cityscape garments are great for either casual or business use in victoria vancouver island s largest city which is still very small as far as cities go meadow women s wear is simply comfortable women s garments there aren t any restrictions on these designs as they have always been special releases for thread theory s birthday and are simply garments i would like to wear within the parkland collection you will find the newcastle cardigan named after newcastle island near central vancouver island this island was a great place to visit when we were kids both our families boated recreationally and we probably came across each other at anchorages but knowing my shy sister and i we wouldn t have joined in with whatever antics matt and his brother were getting up to the jedediah pants were named after the island matt and i visited also near central vancouver island by borrowed sailing boat when we were engaged we climbed to the top of the highest mountain on the island where matt proposed by writing a note to me and placing it in the stone cairn the strathcona henley is named after strathcona park which is an enourmous conservation area extending from mid to north vancouver island within this park are many spectacular hike in camping locations but also some lovely day walks including my favourite paradise meadows this walk is a circle route with many boardwalks alpine lakes wildflowers and whiskey jack birds the goldstream peacoat was named after goldstream park in victoria this park is right near the main highway but upon taking several steps from the parking lot you are immersed in anothe world of ancient forests and babbling streams when we lived in victoria we loved to camp here the goldstream design would be a nice choice to wear here when taking a day trip from the city the sayward raglan was named after the northern vancouver island town of sayward matt and i were considering buying a property in this tiny town around the time that we developed this pattern while not named after a park it still felt like a fitting name because the main reason we were drawn to this town is that it felt like the entire town and surrounding mountains were one big park we found gorgeous free camping beside a stream while we visited watched some great baseball games and climbed the local mountain the eastwood pajama s were named after the woods that we frequented daily when we lived in the comox valley we joked that the woods were such an extension of our home we would almost be comfortable wearing pajamas there it was the best place for blackberry picking was right near our foster children s school and was luki s place to socialize with other dogs we ve found some great walks close to our new home but we still miss eastwood the quadra jeans are named after quadra island another location that matt and i tried to buy a property our offer was turned down it is a gorgeous little island just off of campbell river and features some of our favourite cruising grounds sandy beaches a hut filled with driftwood art left by boaters from decades past excellent crabbing and prawning and some lovely walks that brings us to the alpine collection now the first pattern in this collection was the comox trunks they were designed with hiking in mind they are close fitting and seamed in such a way to avoid chaffing they were named after my hometown comox because we returned to this community after attending school in the city while we were in the midst of designing this pattern the comox valley is nestled between the mountains and the ocean so it is always only a short drive to reach a hilly hike next in the collection was the arrowsmith undershirt our free pattern paired with the comox trunks you have a nice base layer to wear while on adventures arrowsmith is the largest mountain on southern vancouver island and features a challenging hike the jutland pants were named after one of the mountains just outside of the comox valley it can be reached by avid hikers with paradise meadows as the starting point for the hike i suspect shoulder season hikers would appreciate the lined jutland pants the finlayson sweater was named after mount finlayson which is right near goldstream park we thought it a fitting name because despite being part of the alpine collection it can be made to be more of a casual or dressy garment depending on fabric choice sew it in merino for hiking in terrycloth for cosy loungewear or in a textured sweater knit for a smart and dressy sweater a mountain close to the city sort of bridges that gap between wilderness and civilization the fulford jeans were named after fulford harbour on saltspring island one of the gulf islands near southern vancouver island this was yet another area that we tried to buy a homestean unsuccessfully it is a hilly region for such a small island the fulfords would have been excellent jeans to wear while working to clear and build on the land we tried to buy our upcoming pattern will also be part of the alpine collection it is called carmanah which is named after the next hike i would like to do once noah is ready for this sort of adventure the carmanah walbran provincial park is on the west coast of vancouver island all our other garments have been named after locations on the east coast which is where we live the park has a beautiful hike through truly ancient sitka spruce trees moving on to the cityscape collection which is currently our smallest collection you may notice that our daily lives don t involve a lot of formal wear or time spent in cities anymore all the same everyone needs a smart outfit or three in their closet to wear to special occasions plus sewists have the flexibility to vary the aesthetic of a design based on the fabric they choose matt still wears his flannel fairfield button up every week at least once through the entire year he insists it is actually quite cool and comfortable as a light layer to put on in the morning and evening throughout the summer the fairfield button up was named for the street that we lived on while i attended my fashion design program in victoria the belvedere waistcoat was named for the apartment building near ours while in victoria with what i thought to be the classiest of names the qualicum bag the final garment in this collection though i am sure it will continue to grow over the years was named after the town in which matt s parents live the qualicum bag can pack a lot perfect for our weekend trips to visit the final collection the meadow features the camas blouse and lazo trousers i named these garments after my favourite meadow locations on vancouver island camas refers to th...