Inside The Perimeter

First tomato of the year eaten, a small, slightly larger than a ping pong ball, Heinz variety. It was sublime.

I made a potato leek soup last night, to which I added a yellow squash and some garlic. The only vegetable put into the soup which was not harvested from Wee Little Farm was an onion. I could have used the small onions I harvested, but the store-bought one was older and needed to be used.I realized that I didn’t have the heavy cream in the soup recipe, but not wanting to go out just to buy that, I substituted while milk and sour cream; the result was decent.

If this weather pattern continues I will never have to use sprinklers in WLF for the rest of the growing season…

Well it appears I made the right decision to give up on watching Atlanta United after they gave up the first goal in last night’s game. Within ten minutes after halftime they gave up three more goals and lost 4-0. Ugh.

Wordle: three, my starter was STRIP

I have nothing today other than this morning I am making my second attempt at baking a loaf of white bread.

Wordle: five, my starter was STAGE

After giving up on riding last night due to rain I finally got back into WLF to slam in the four posts that I will use for two Florida weaves to keep up the six San Marzano tomato plants I transplanted yesterday.

Wordle: three, my starter was NAKED

Spent nearly the whole of yesterday running errands. I should have been smart and brought the socket wrench I am trying to replace with me to Harbor Freight, but I didn’t, so I couldn’t convince myself to buy two different sizes so that I could return the wrong one. Dangen.

Had a tasty lunch with ITP-Reader Barb and Allan yesterday at Hankook Taqueria. Even though I ordered something different, nor,ally I get bulgolgi, I enjoyed my meal. I ordered the shrimp burrito instead.

I found out this morning that British comedian Sarah Millican is touring the US this year, with at show at The Tabernacle in November. Much to my surprise, the show is already sold out. Huh.

Wordle: five, my starter was ROAST

BRAG is over, more than 330 miles of cycling and I gained two pounds, and have arms with heat rash. Our BRAG riding weather was fine, with a few nights of overnight, heavy rain.

Upon returning home Saturday I took a quick peek at WLF. The farm looked fair, though some plants look as if they were starving for water while others were so abundant that their limbs snapped. Almost immediately after I returned home and put the rain fly outside to dry, the severe thunderstorms started. I have made the first springtime harvest, however, five yellow squash/zucchini, which makes me wonder if I planted any green zucchini.

Wordle: five, my starter was COUGH

BRAG Day 5: Dawsonville to Clarksville. All in all, I had a good, strong ride. This is my second time in Clarksville, BRAG came here in 2023 on the Clayton to Augusta route.

Rain came hard to Clarksville last night around 9pm. We were in the only part of the northern section of the state to get rain. My rainfly has been packed wet every day, either with internal condensation or rain. I decided to stay in my tent and organize during the deluge, missing out on the fun happening under our pop up tents. Seems when I am ready to party, the rest aren’t and vice verse.

Wordle: five, my starter was SWAMP

BRAG Day 4: Rain arrived, getting everything wet. Thankfully everything in my tent stayed relatively dry.

Dinner was a fiasco that we will talk about for a long time. The story is too long and convoluted to recount here, next time we meet in person… Unfortunately, this also gave me the opportunity to overeat again, this time without having ridden a lot.

Wordle: four, my starter was DAILY

BRAG Day 3 was tough, but nowhere near as bad as Day 2. We rolled into Dawsonville, and set up in a park behind a Food Lion, which is convenient.

Wordle: three, my starter was ORBIT

Stage two, Cartersville to Jasper nearly broke me. The 48-mile route had 4000ft of elevation change, but worse than that had some climbs of nearly 18%! I walked my bike up two of those, and managed to pedal all of the other climbs.

Wordle: three, my starter was TREAD

BRAG Day 1 in the books. This week if climbing will be a massive challenge for me.

Add Suwannee’s Monkey Wrench Brewing to the list of defunct Georgia breweries.

Wordle: four, my starter was SPRAY