Seeds & Blooms

Hello, friends.  Last week, I canned up vegetable broth.  The grow station J had given me my last birthday was set up, then I began gathering our seeds.  Five varieties of peppers were the first thing planted.  While visiting with a friend, she reminded me how long they take to bear fruit, and I remembered that all the peppers last year, both homegrown and store bought, had not born fruit by the time of the first frost.  Hopefully, this year will bring a bountiful harvest.  J prepped a garden spot, and planted onions, using our compost, and leaf mold.  I made bean burritos for dinner one night.  GF tortillas were made for myself. The recipe was doubled this time, and they were even better than the first time.  I used the smallest ones for lunch the next day.  The extras were frozen.

I've been working on being better about self-care this year.  I'm using infra-red therapy, and purchased a course (while 1/2 price) on stretching and moving, which I've been fairly good about doing daily.  On a cold day, sweet potatoes, bread and butternut squash crumble were baked.  Parsley was harvested for the crumble, which also used our squash and onions.  A jar of cabbage came from the pantry, for a side.  I won the equivalent of $25 on Swagbucks, which will go towards a gift card.  While going through more seeds, I found another variety of peppers, and planted some of those too.  Suet was made for the birds.  We're enjoying the first blooms of the year.  Hope you have a lovely week!