Around the garden

OMG!!!! I wish I lived near you.

I try not to give them chance, and the tree is near the house but I have not had many cherries.

I would be happy to share with you Annie.

I snack on grape tomato and persian cucumber everyday, Karen.  They are my comfort food too.

I can easily add those to my garden.

This is the most incredible drought tolerant plants, they grow like weeds.

I was thinking - It looks like Lavender then I saw the photo name - It is lol. They smell lovely. I grew some once but it died and there are other herbs I find more useful. I think it maybe prefers different soil than I have, which has a lot of clay.

Anyone want tomatoes? They are out of control I have so many. I can't possibly eat them all.

A patient gave me a bag last year.

"Thanks very much, that is very kind of you."

"Well, I have so many this year, and I have given so many to the neighbours, my family and all my friends. "

Sub text: "I am so desperate to see the back of the little *********** that I will even give you some." 

Tomatoes are those rare vegetables that taste better with pepper.

I also had some pepper in my salt;)

I prefer to eat veggies in raw form if I can, same with fish (sashimi) or meat ( beef capacchio).

I eat vegetables raw quite often too! When cooking they are always very al dente which is how I like pasta too so hardly cooked. It's mostly when I am out when I eat any mashed foods like potato as the way I cook they are far too solid. I mostly have fish and meat fully cooked although with steaks fairly rare but I seldom have them at home. Like with the home made soup I intend to have today I usually cook my vegetables in a herby spicy stock in the microwave, adding each at the right time such that they are cooked just right at the finish. I have a very thin gravy coloured with dark soy sauce rather than the more traditional English thicker although some ingredients such as Okra do thicken it up a little on the occasion I use them. That way most of the goodness of the vegetables is still there. I almost never follow recipes and have learned over time but no two meals are ever identical as the ingredients and amounts always differ.