a minor milestone

[zirconium]

I rode my bike to and from my neighborhood farmers' market today. It was nice both to feel reasonably confident doing so (I'm still getting the hang of riding) and to feel I could spare the time for it.



For $20, I brought home

1 bundle of asparagus
1 bunch of chard
1 bunch of beets
1 quart of strawberries
1 pound of broccolini
2 fat tomatoes

Now to contemplate cooking the beet greens...

Comments

[okrablossom]

Oh! I want to be just like you! (But this is not the year we can afford to get me a bike.) So I walked to the farmers market but all we've got is plants, bread, and seafood. Even my own garden is only full of Oriental poppies (for decoration, not eating) and Chinese cabbage.

[zirconium]

We are enjoying the highlights of each other's lives vicariously then (so to speak), because I was delighted by your reports from the boot camp, and I have not been finding time to write (except during one bout of wakefulness last week; I had hoped to send something to Eye to the Telescope for the body issue, but the list of hopes is ever so crowded and ever will be.

The back tire of the bike has gone flat again, and I need to learn how to repair it.

My attempt at poppies this spring was a washout. I will try again this fall. I am going to experiment with the Kentucky Colonel mint by transplanting one and pruning the other. Likewise, I will leave some of the bean plants where they are and move the sicklier-looking ones to the middle of the yard, where they will either revel in better drainage or get consumed by cottontails. Fortunately, I'm okay with either result. ;-)

I'd like to have some Chinese cabbage at hand, as there's a big bag of miso in my fridge.

*hug*