John
John
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Lately I have been neglecting my garden, my journal and the forums. Its not depression because I can set and look at the things I should/can be doing and be happy as a pig in sh|*. I may snap out of it or it may get worse who knows. Have any of you experienced this and if so what did you do or are you still as happy as that old pig.
JohnThis is from my son John. I think I get more enjoyment out of my garden than most people. This is because my wife makes things like this: torre melanzana (eggplant tower).
Some people think eggplant is bitter, and it is, if you don’t know how to prepare it. There are two ways to remove the bitter juices, depending what is being made. This dish is sliced eggplant, egg battered and simmered in oil. Alternate layers of eggplant and mozzarella (fresh or otherwise) are stacked then baked. On top is fresh bruschetta made from fresh tomatoes, red peppers pickled from last year, chopped garlic, olive oil, and fresh basil.
There is a Carolina Wren building a nest in a bird house mounted on a back porch post. They have done this for several years and it is absolutely astonishing how many insects they feed the young ones. They don’t poop near the nest (porch) and they carry the poop from the young birds away I think not to give away there nest location. This has to be there second brood and they spent last winter in the bird house. Welcome back CWs. John
What caused my trip to the hospital were heart arrhythmias. The symptoms can be a fluttering in your chest, a racing heartbeat, a slow heartbeat, chest pain, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, dizziness or fainting or near fainting and I have every damn one of them. Along with heart arrhythmias comes an increased chance of blood clots so the Doc put me on Coumadin (rat poison). As a result of that most of my other meds have to be changed and fine tuned which requires weekly blood tests, med adjustment and retesting. I feel like a porcupine turned inside out. I have to eat the same amount of vitamin K every day as it affects the Coumadin and could have very bad results. The table below shows various vegetable and the vitamin K they contain. Keeping track of my diet past and planning future diets for the amounts of vitamin K would be a hassle so I plan to avoid vegetables with high levels of vitamin K. As a result I will be giving many veggies away this year.
I have started planning next year’s garden as to what to plant where and the spacing and nutrient requirements.
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