Impulsive Gardening

Thought I'd like to have some soup today for an early dinner before I go to work. So I was peeling garlic, and I had a few large, leathery cloves with green shoots growing from the middle. "Ew," thinks I, realizing these are better for planting than eating. I was just about to throw them away when I remembered reading once that garlic likes to be planted in late autumn, so I went outside on the balcony and found a pot that was still full of dirt and the dead roots of a basil plant the cold killed a few months ago. I pulled the dead basil roots out and stuck four garlic cloves in the pot. (I'll probably have to cull a couple of them if they all sprout, it's too small for them to grow... on the other hand, yum, baby garlic!) Giggling at this silly impulse, I watered it and left it sitting in the sun. If it works they should sprout in the spring.

Impulsive December Gardening over, I washed my hands and went back to my soup. Garlic, onion, celery, carrot, cabbage, barley, lentils, pureed cherry tomatoes, a dried habanero, various seasonings... should be pretty good. I've got some leftover roast beef to cut up and stir into it when it's ready.

Working tonight. I don't often do night shifts, so I'm a bit nervous. I've got a new outfit to break in though. Here's to tipping your friendly local strippers.