Birthday- better than new years day for Resolutions

I find as i think about todays "click: in my timeline I realaize it is a great day to make or follow through with some life adjustments or changes.

ALready vegan and eating pretty well- I am considering:
1) FASTING - water and/or juice only
2) New exercise type (biking, rowing etc)
3) New foods, cooking class of cook book
4) Grow something new in garden ( fig is leading candidate)
5) Find another service opportunity

- or do some of all 5 options.

48 years down and 52 to go ( is 100 a good goal or should I up the ante?

All Hail... KALE

I am now starting to grow kale and I have been eating kale for a few years now. Mostly in power-packed green smoothies. But also in soups and sauteed with other veggies and tofu.

Why kale?
* low fat, no cholesterol and powerful anti-oxidant properties along with a large collection of vitamins and minerals
* Like other members of the brassica family ( cabbage, broccoli etc) it contains an abundance of healthy phytochemicals, sulforaphane and indole-3-carbinol that appear to protect against prostate and colon cancers.
* Rich in vitamin A, 100 g of leaves provide more than 500% RDA.
* Filled with many B-complex group of vitamins such as niacin, vit.B-6 (pyridoxine), thiamin, pantothenic acid as well as minerals like copper, calcium, sodium, potassium, iron, manganese and phosphorus.

In addition to a great ingredient for Green smoothies ( enjoying one as I type)
Try this salad: { enough for 2 people with leftovers}

KALE SALAD ( slaw)
2 Bunches of kale - chopped fine
4-5 Tbs chia seeds, hemp seeds or sunflowere seeds
Dressing- Blend well
1.5 Tbs raw tahini
3 Tbs Raw apple cider vinegar
1 Tbs raw honey (or agave if vegan)
Pour dressing on salad and put in fridge for an hour then try not to eat it all.

Garden is slowly forming....Actually it is still naked but ***

I have greens sprouting in a few pots on the deck( along with cat paw prints in the dirt).

Seedlings are growing and many more will be started today. Bought 3 blackberry plants and will set them in rows today[make space for additional raspberries] and the trellis.

I have seeds for more goodies plus some marigolds, zinnias and a few edible flowers.

Now to make this hobby even more fun I am looking at some softwre for designing and layout. Hopefully some that has calculations for plant growth....