i'm not sure if the scarab was playing dead or begging me to scratch his belly...
the rain had weighed an oak branch so low i could reach it, so i stole some leaves and decided to use them for a facial mask. my mug has already improved from the chlorophyll smoothies i've been making, and that's kind of what my mask ended up as well. it turned out so watery only a spoonful stuck to my face. so i drank the rest. isn't that the sign of approval for good cosmetics? so natural you can eat them? i'm not sure how nutritional oak leaves are, but they taste quite all right. and haven't come back up yet.
and how about new cabbages and japanese seaweeds? together, they're awesome. topped with shiitake and daikon, ain't nothing better. i wonder if daikon is easier to grow than radishes. i had high hopes for this summer and heaps of homegrown radish, after years of failure on the balcony. they're just not happening. there's plenty of leaves and i'm assuming wonderful flowers will follow, not to mention a harvest of seeds. but no radishes. i don't get it. from now on i'll just sow them for baby leaves and that's it.
i need to buy more of that daikon, though. i have a feeling i'll be pickling a bunch.
