Weekend Gardening Photos and 7 Random Things

We keep an indoor garden year round, growing mostly herbs but also some greens. We don’t have an elaborate setup, just a couple shelves positioned at western and southern-facing windows with inexpensive grow lights attached.

We run the lights from sunset to sunrise to help give the plants plenty of growing time and warmth.

This year we are growing basil, cilantro, mint, thyme, dill, parsley, romaine lettuce, butterhead lettuce (just seeded after spinach crop failure), scallions, and leeks. We also have a bay laurel in a pot, and although it’s twice as large as it was in the spring, it won’t be ready for another few years.

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My Omnivore’s 100

Andrew of Very Good Taste created a fun meme asking which items we have eaten out of his personal list of 100 things every omnivore should eat at least once. I decided to play along, so here is my Omnivore’s 100 based on Andrew’s original list.

At the end of the post, you’ll see I added some things that I would have put on the list had I been smart or creative enough to have come up with the idea myself.

The Rules

1. Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2. Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3. Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4. Optional extra: Post a comment here (the original post) linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred

My score = 61 (not bad)

1. Venison (My dad comes from a family of hunters, and I grew up eating wild game.)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (While on vacation in Australia. It tastes a lot like chicken. Also had kangaroo, but that’s not on the list.) Read more

The Interview: Conversation Over Tea

An interview meme is making it’s way around the food blogs, but in this one you don’t get tagged, you ask to be interviewed by someone who has already gone through the process. So I’ve brought this on myself, but I thought it would be fun. After you read my responses, you’ll have an opportunity to be interviewed by me, if you wish.

My questions come from The Passionate Cook herself, Johanna, who gave a great interview last week. She asked me some very good questions! I think it would have even been more fun if we could have done this in real life over coffee or tea, but we’ll have to settle for some virtual tea.

1. You’re a wandering soul, it seems: which destination has influenced your cooking the most? What are you missing the most? Read more