Sniffles

Everywhere! People hacking and coughing it seems all over me. The polite thing is to turn your head use a kleenex...try in some, even if futile way, to protect those around you. Or better yet, stay at home. But alas, common sense isn't common. Not exaggerating....A woman next to me (who looked like she should be in a hospital) at the design and horticulture show was wheezing, snoting and hacking the whole time she put up her design. Really, I feel for her. I've drug my half dead carcass into the doctor's office more than once, but somethings just aren't that important....like a design competition. I'm sure she didn't want to let her team down. Which is admirable but.....where do you draw the line? Stay home or go?

Anyway now.....
I'm sniffling and generally feeling miserable. That's why I'm having coffee and patti cake for breakfast instead of steel cut oats and grapefruit. I know the other is better for my body, but the patti cake is better for my psyche. I'll eat a broth veggie soup or salad for lunch and make up for it. Right now I can hear my neighbor's field hands whistling and my new baby rooster's pathetic attempt to crow even through my stopped up ears......ughhh.
I did go outside and pick the rest of the developed Lima beans and pull up the plants to make room for more greens. I'll probably plant turnips and collards and some more lettuce.

My broccoli is forming heads. They are so tall and majestic this year. My favorite garden is the winter garden. The plants seem to thrive so much better than in the heat.

One of my favorite winter crops is cabbage. I think they are lyrical and beautiful. The huge leaves are so mesmerizing with their veins radiating out. It's almost as if you can see white blood coursing through them nourishing the growing central heart.