The short list of things I've done this week: Peaposting (hammering giant posts into the ground and tying chicken wire around them for the sole purpose of giving peas something to climb), planting the REST of the leeks (330, I guess, was not enough), transplanting fruit bushes (actually, this was easy), hoeing and planting lettuce, and building elaborate bamboo structures for beans to climb. I have a whole new appreciation for vegetables. It has been fun, though - and it's hard to doubt that veganism is healthy when you see little kids genuinely excited that the peas are ready for harvest. (I've never seen little kids even remotely happy about peas before. It's eerie.) And the good news is that jam is vegan, so I can have lovely toast and jam and not feel TOO
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