I’ve had vegetables waiting for me. Mostly lettuce. It’s been outside for weeks. I will occasionally go pick some when I needed it, but not that much. Finally I realized I just needed to pick a bunch and bring it inside. That way I would be more likely to use it. And it is nice and crisp in the morning, rather than in the evening when it can get a bit wilted. Maybe we should be eating salads for breakfast–that’s when they would be the most fresh and taste the best from the garden.

I also had my first harvest of garlic scapes and made a pesto with them. It was very strong, and I got thinking about the allician content of the scapes. I’m guessing (based on taste and smell) it would be pretty high. I’ve also been noticing that a little bit of dirt usually comes in with the harvest and often persists even after washing. I’ve kind of thought that this is actually a good thing, and that exposure to dirt can actually help us be more healthy. (You can google this.)

Anyway, that is my health-related advice from observation in the garden today. It has no scientific backing, but I haven’t been sick, other than colds, for a very long time. I thinking eating from my own garden has a lot to do with that.