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Vegetables and such
May. 27th, 2009 08:34 pmLast week I started eating radishes and broccoli out of my garden; last night I had mustard greens. I used them to make Mustard Greens with 5 Spice Powder, a recipe from a cookbook on greens that Karin and Ami had given me a few years ago. I wasn't sure how it would go (though I like 5 Spice), but it was easy and I had all the ingredients. It turned out to be utterly delicious, so much so that I had a double-helping for dinner. But hey, it's not like having seconds of vegetables is a bad things, so there you have it.
My peas are getting ready to flower, and the first planting of my green beans is coming up. Also, my zucchini is sprouting! This makes me happy. I suspect I may have planted more than I can eat, or desire to freeze, but I wanted enough to share with my next door neighbor (an elderly gentleman who is allowing me to train the vines up the fence that divides our yard) and any extra after that I can distribute among those who need fresh vegetables. While I was researching seed catalogs this spring I came across Plant A Row For The Hungry, a campaign for gardeners to help out local food banks by planting a little bit extra and donating the harvest. I don't know yet if I am good enough a gardener to produce large amounts of anything else, but if zucchini is half as prolific as its rep suggests, I should have have plenty to share.
That's the good part of my life right now. The bad part is that I'm still suffering from my sinus crud (fever is gone, cough is worse) and I've been sleeping poorly. Also, lots of job stress and though I am trying hard to get things going in the right direction it just doesn't seem to be having an effect.
The stress is doubly wearing because it heightens my self-esteem problems. I have been spending entirely too much time meditating on my all-around worthlessness, and this aggravates me. OK, so maybe it's all true but there isn't much I can do about it so couldn't I just move on? I've still got rent to pay and stories to write.
Speaking of stories: Yesterday I was contemplating a bit of foolishness from AEG's L5R forum and I made a startling discovery: FFVII: Advent Children and Dante's Divine Comedy ( Minor spoiler for both! )
My peas are getting ready to flower, and the first planting of my green beans is coming up. Also, my zucchini is sprouting! This makes me happy. I suspect I may have planted more than I can eat, or desire to freeze, but I wanted enough to share with my next door neighbor (an elderly gentleman who is allowing me to train the vines up the fence that divides our yard) and any extra after that I can distribute among those who need fresh vegetables. While I was researching seed catalogs this spring I came across Plant A Row For The Hungry, a campaign for gardeners to help out local food banks by planting a little bit extra and donating the harvest. I don't know yet if I am good enough a gardener to produce large amounts of anything else, but if zucchini is half as prolific as its rep suggests, I should have have plenty to share.
That's the good part of my life right now. The bad part is that I'm still suffering from my sinus crud (fever is gone, cough is worse) and I've been sleeping poorly. Also, lots of job stress and though I am trying hard to get things going in the right direction it just doesn't seem to be having an effect.
The stress is doubly wearing because it heightens my self-esteem problems. I have been spending entirely too much time meditating on my all-around worthlessness, and this aggravates me. OK, so maybe it's all true but there isn't much I can do about it so couldn't I just move on? I've still got rent to pay and stories to write.
Speaking of stories: Yesterday I was contemplating a bit of foolishness from AEG's L5R forum and I made a startling discovery: FFVII: Advent Children and Dante's Divine Comedy ( Minor spoiler for both! )
