Gardening Success!

At least a little ... she tasted as good as she looks.  OMG.  WORTH IT!  Now to see if I can get more growing.  Two smaller ones on the vine -- one is a dud, I think.  The other is half this size.  Both have stopped getting bigger.  New flowers so there's hope, but no more fruit yet.

I watched a video on tomato pruning so I gave her a big trim this morning.  Hopefully, not too much.  I guess I have nothing to lose since I don't have a lot of new fruit.

Funny story -- the plant my neighbor gave me that she thought was a spaghetti squash is actually a mini-cucumber plant.  Hah!  You pick between 2-4 inches.  I picked one today.   It's surviving despite Duke digging off one of the main branches and dislodging the plant (which I replanted).

And the porch Snackers cucumber plant is making flowers again.  Maybe it's recovering from the beetles.  I trimmed it up this morning and found a BIG FAT cucumber hidden behind the planter.  I bet it's a lot of seed, but I'm eating it anyway!

I also did some nitrogen fertilizer for the English cucumbers -- they're too pale and a bit bitter.

3 varieties ...
taste test coming today!

I took a picture with the plant app
to figure out what exotic plant this is 
and it's a CUCUMBER.  
Made me laugh.

And since I'm doing so many pictures ... here's one of Monti.  Adorable little fellow.

Sleep update -- I'm up to an hour of restorative deep sleep (from a low of 9 minutes).  Restorative sleep happens early in the night -- REM sleep later in the night.  REM sleep helps process the emotions and stress of the day and restorative sleep is the powerhouse for physical healing.

Turns out, drinking a cup of herbal tea before bed was waking me up to potty and interrupting the deep sleep phase.  Just a little adjustment and I'm seeing better numbers.  Ideal is around 1.5 - 2 hours.  I'm still eating a CBD gummy before bed BTW.

Already the Oura Ring has led to improvement.  Now to see if this lasts.  I'm changing up my evening eating starting today to see what that does to the numbers.

I'm diligently taking the turmeric supplement too (as well as Vit D).  My back is feeling marginally better although it's been this good before.  Could it be better sleep, supplement??  Of course I did both at the same time so I won't know but both are important for overall health anyway.

Life is one big experiment -- plants and me (!!)

Hubby is home but off to a site for the day.  I didn't realize he was going to be gone today too.  Little bonus for time to contemplate all the birthday year things.

Have a good day -- later gators.