[sockmonkey]

Heaven knows my general health could use a boost.

I['ve started doing ginger shots in the morning to kick start things. This year, I didn't have any symptoms at all from the pecan pollen. It usually makes me feel pretty sick about two weeks out off the year. I have a juicer, but I know some people who use a blender, then put it through a strainer. I was surprised at how filling some of the juices are..like the ones with veggies, and fruits.

[bgill]

My, oh, my. Down at the corner what must be a city slicker here for the weekend, put up a homemade sign that says, “baby deer crossing” with an arrow. This is the country. Deer cross wherever they want. There’s a ton of fawns all the time. Besides, the posted unofficial speed limit is 20. That’s as bad as that woman who called the radio station wanting the highway department to move a deer crossing sign down the road so the deer would have a safer area to cross. Knock on wood, the deer haven’t bothered the front bed where I planted hot peppers to deter them.

Adding sliced ginger root to some hot lemon water sure helped this winter when we had the crud. I replanted the pot a month ago but only one bit sprouted this week so need to get some more if I ever get to a decent sized grocery store.

[Aliska]

I never had trouble from pollen but have developed some allergy that makes my eyes water. Well, there's pollen out there now and I seem to be ok. I should do more about juice. I like V8 original. I like Mango powerade. But my daughter gets her kid this green stuff and it looks gross.

I will have some black raspberries I grew from seed about July. I will make a "potion" with that. I think I may have something intestinal like diver something so I don't want the seeds. They are so tiny and sharp I don't know how I'll get them strained out, several layers of cheesecloth is all I can think of.

I always ate the seeds before, never bothered me but think I should be careful now. I will make a black raspberry curd and then a black raspberry meringue pie ha ha.

While I just got started with the weeds, I see I have a new black raspberry come up from where I originally had planted them in trays. Hate to kill it. Shouldn't let it grow where we need the water faucet so I'll see if it will transplant. If I had enough of those, I could make lots of juices and freeze or can a bunch.

More carrots and veggies would be good, steamed if possible. Hard to chew raw with my bad teeth.