NoJoMo Day 2 in Diary
- Nov. 2, 2013, 7:12 a.m.
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Today I cut down my tomato plants and put them in the bin. It was very sad, I've nurtured them since they were nought but an seed at the end of February. About half of the fruit went rotten and fell off, presumably because of the late harvest (winter lasted until April this year!) and all the rain we've had. We got about a month's worth of fruit off them, which saved us about £4, lol, I spent a lot more than that growing the plants. But hey, the sense of satisfaction of growing my own food for the first time was worth it. In four months, I'll be planting them all over again, plus I'm going to have a go at peas as well. I love peas straight out of the pod, nom nom. I'm excited already!
I'm considering trying to eat less meat. Because I do a lot of campaigning for animal rights, I've been involved Compassion in World Farming lately and I've seen some horrible thing, the way animals are treated while they're being raised for meat. Kept in tiny, squallid barns, sitting in their own excrement, with no daylight, no straw and no room to move. Free range meat I'm perfectly happy with, but Jay won't pay for it because it's too expensive. So I've printed off some vegetarian recipes and I'm going to have a go at making some mushroom and cashew pie, hearty pumpkin soup, Thai vegetable curry and vegetable and dumpling stew. I'm not promising I'll go 100% vegetarian right away as I'm a lifelong omnivore and love meat, but I'm going to try and cut down. I'll let you know how it goes!
puffin ⋅ November 02, 2013
Hello! We do the same. We have meat about once every two weeks, maybe more if we eat at other people's houses or are going through a bad eating phase!
Bomb Shell puffin ⋅ November 02, 2013
Hello! I didn't know you were here, added you to my favourites :o)
That's cool, but Jay is a staunch carnivore so it's going to be hard...I'll see how it goes.
Loopy Hooky ⋅ November 02, 2013
There is definately satisfaction with things like growing your own food and a home cooked meal - even if it does cost more :)
~Twinkle~ ⋅ November 02, 2013
My favourite thing when I go home in the summer is picking peas from my parents allotment and eating them straight from the pod :) x
mutedexposure ⋅ November 02, 2013
Tomatoes are really one of the hardest to grow. Peas are pretty easy. Okra will grow like crazy too. You could try peppers if you eat a lot of them. They freeze well too.
Bomb Shell mutedexposure ⋅ November 03, 2013
Oh I didn't realise they were hard when I started trying. Last year I got loads of flowers but not one single fruit. This year I got loads of fruit so I was really pleased :o)
I can't stand peppers, lol, it's one of only two vegetables I hate, the other is onions. Jay likes them though and I like the pretty colours so I might give it a go for him!