Greens, Tweets

I suspected the jatropha family of being more than just a pretty, drought-resistant addition to the garden. I know in some places they're trying to make it work as a green fuel, but usually it's competing for space with food crops.

Enter...the spinach tree. It's commonly called chaya in Mexico, where it's used as a green vegetable and to wrap tamales, according to ECHO farms. Mine is a bit leggy, so I think I'll let it finish flowering this round, and then chop in half before the rains come in earnest.

I also just found out green nasturtium seeds make better capers than proper capers do. This according to Stocking Up III, by Carol Hupping, and also Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning by the Terre Vivante gang (who's old family recipes are more charming than their politics--stick to the book).

The other great book I'm diving back into is Wild Man Steve Brill's Identifying & Harvesting Edible & Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places. There's quite a bit of local cross-over, which I didn't expect in our Caribbean haven.

H called me today for several reasons, and ended up telling me I was out of touch and had to watch t.v., specifically some news.

Fine.

I toggled between Fox, who were all about Tea Parties, and CNN, who weren't. I suppose I'm better informed now. Opinion to follow, but I can't say when. Kind of a wild day to just drop in on the msm news.

Twitter was a bit wild today as well. I guess I started following some new folks, and some followed me back, and then their people did as well, and it was a bit of madness for the old inbox. Maybe it still is. India appears to be in the house at the moment.

And I should be asleep.

But baby took a too-late nap and is still awake. 2:20, and I can hear her talking to her sleeping daddy, counting something.

I don't think mere stretching is enough of a workout for me. Mostly because I'm pretty flexible, and because I appear to still be awake at this unreasonable hour. Back to Core tomorrow. That should improve the sleep schedule. I've done a week! Woohoo!

Off to be put to sleep by half a page of Guns, Germs & Steel (really fascinating, but not exactly a page turner). I'll have to make time for progress at some point, it's such a big book. Bonne nuit!