Frock on a Friday and my garden

Today I wore a new to me vintage late 1950's blue and white paisley frock.

The fabric on this dress is sooooo comfortable and stretchy. Such a wonderful modern invention this soft knit nylon must have been back in the 50's! It's an early version of the often found 60's double poly knit we see so much when thrifting, but MUCH softer and less scratchy. (Yes that is a blue cat food bowl on the left of my leg. I didn't realize it was there until after I took the pictures.)

This set of pictures were all taken in my backyard. I love how you can see both my clothesline and  the vintage 50's lamp in my living room lit up in the background behind the opened back door of this picture. I still do not own a clothes dryer and don't plan on buying one. My clothes dry quicker on the line by the super power of the sun then they would in a dryer. So why in the world would I spend $$$$ on something that would cost me big bucks AND would raise my electric bill? I <3 my clothes line.

Our greenhouse already needs the shade cloth up on the roof. Last few days it was in the 90's here but today was chilly and over cast. One hot day of full sun can scorch and kill the lettuce and peas we have in there without the shade cloth up it went.

The apple tree behind me is already full of teeny tiny baby granny smith apples. 

This frock came to me without any of the black lace trim. I added it on and also shortened the hem which originally fell below mid calf. Being only 5' 2" I always have to take hems in on clothes I buy pre-made.

Here I am squatting in front of one of our raised veggie beds where we have peppers and Mexican squash growing. Every year I try to grow as many varieties of squash as I can get to sprout. Last year we had standard zucchini growing in this spot and it did great. So far so good with this smaller version, it's fruiting like mad. Also in the garden but not shown are several godzilla sized cherry tomato plants, the monster sized  pineapple sage, oregano and lemon thyme, the strawberry patch, the onion patch, more squash (pumpkin and yellow crookneck), lots of peppers and what's brewing in the greenhouse. (arugula, swiss chard, sugar snap peas, snow peas, green beans and dill weed.) We also have two potted blueberry plants we have been picking ripe fruit off of this month. Anyone else doing well with their garden?