Garden, Books and Veggies

Back to gardening.

My garden did okay while I was gone, just by luck. I asked my neighbor to pick from the garden so that fruit didn't rot on vines (that can start turning growing season off in plants). She said she wanted fresh produce so I thought it was a good match. She outsourced to her husband who did a horrible job. I won't ask them again. There was a reason I asked her and not her husband.

Please pick cucumbers before they get big. Came home to 7 of these ... seriously?!?! I asked them to check the garden most days and he only came over once. The cucumbers weighed 3-5 lbs each. Geez. (And crappy go on some other things too -- most of the basil went to seed, etc.)

And this guy. How did you miss him??!?

I picked the sweet potato tubulars and put them in jars for rooting. I started this a bit late in the season though -- still seeing what happens. I need to get it in the ground as soon as it roots.

 

The garden needs a bunch of cleanup but I'm having to take it slowly. I'm spraying tomato plants with a hydrogen peroxide mix (3 treatments total) to treat mold/fungus. I'm pruning bit by bit to get back to an open air flow plant. I'm also slowly taking out the peas -- too hot and they've stopped growing.

Little by little. 

I'm getting a bunch of tomatoes too -- mostly cherry ones, but I have a few big ones ripened and they're all delicious.

I'm trying to get back to plant eating (which means lots of cooking). It's hard to find the stamina though. 

I don't know if I mentioned that I was having strange associations with COVID -- nausea connected to non-food items. One of those items was books -- so strange. There are others too -- my kindle, cathedral pictures, tea bags (but not tea), jewelry. It's starting to pass now. I got a couple books from the library and read one without any issue. I stopped 2 books that were mid-way because I can't pick them up without gagging. 

Up next ...

Read in one sitting -- fast,
suspense with a twist

Today is hubby's birthday. He's golfing. I'm still recovering. On the agenda today is more cooking, spraying the tomatoes and reading -- hopefully I can do all 3 things.

Lunch is a cucumber, chickpea salad with things from the garden (cucumber, tomato, jalapeño, herbs). Dinner is a stacked open sammie -- a remake from historic Beaufort cafe. Goat cheese, smoked salmon, hard boiled egg, pickled red onion and scallions. It's delicious. If my energy holds up, I'm also going to make a purple sweet potato hummus. Back to veggies ... and back to real food.

Hope you have a good day. Later gators.