Not much to report on the Daily Outdoor Zen project, other than it’s starting to be a nice habit (though I forgot one day already).

One nice thing I did today was have a wonderful breakfast entirely from our backyard. I snipped a small asparagus plant into little teensy bits, added some Garlic Mustard and Chives from the literal backyard, and then collected three eggs from the chicken coop. Sauted the greenery in a pan with some olive oil, then de-yolked one of the eggs (3 eggs, 2 yolks).
Other than the olive oil used to grease the pan, everything for that breakfast was from my yard, which tasted YUMMY and felt really healthy and natural. Great way to start the day!

And in other garden news, this year’s hops bine[sic] is doing much more vigorous growing than it did it’s first year. The tentacle-beast (as I call it now) is well over 8 ft tall as it wraps around it’s support pole, and has a lot more tentacles, plus is a good deal thicker than a pencil, approaching sharpie-marker thickness on the main tendril! Should be a great Hops harvest this fall. Woot!

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