Ah, winter and soup. Both are right around the corner. I love your bowls - they are fancy and not fancy at the same time.
So nettles...like stinging nettles? Are we thinking the same thing? I don't typically have many of them in my yard, but when I do spot one I try not to touch it for the obvious reason. It would be interesting to go against instinct and collect a handful of them. I do have an endless supply of dollar weed, which is apparently a salad green. I have yet to try it. Maybe I will tomorrow. I trimmed a bunch of collard greens and moringa for dinner tonight, so you and I are on the same wavelength.
Yes, definitely THOSE nettles. They are absolutely incredibly medicinal - read about them and you'll be collecting them for tea and soup!! Oh, lucky you have moringa! It doesn't grow round here. And collard greens always sounds so American - I still don't really know what they are! Love Steem for giving us insight into other people's #plantlife, let alone lives!
I am going to go on a bit of scouting to see if I can spot any nettles. They don't generally grow in my yard, but they may be nestled down somewhere I haven't observed. Moringa is supposed to be an annual here I think, but it came back just fine last year. We will see how she does this winter. I do enjoy seeing other people's plantlife as well :)
And the bowls - they were CHEAP, like $3 each (AUD!) - from Kmart.
You have kmart? Interesting. Kmart kicked the bucket all over Florida when I was a kid I think. I always assumed it was an American company, but I have no idea. That would be interesting to know it was thriving away in Australia :)
Yeah someone asked me about that. I'm not sure what the difference is . It's always been here. I love it - full of bargains.
Straight copy from internet:
"Kmart Australia Limited was born out of a joint venture between G.J Coles & Coy Limited (Coles) and S.S. Kresge Company in the United States, with Kresge owning 51% of the common stock in the company. They began to develop Kmart stores in Australia in 1968."
Over the years, ownership of Kmart Australia changed, from the original joint venture to the Coles-Myer Group to the present Wesfarmers Ltd (one of Australia's biggest public companies and one of the largest retailers.) Other retail companies under the Wesfarmers banner are: Target Australia, Officeworks, Bunnings, Coles and Kmart Tyre and Auto. It also has interests in mining, travel, insurance, among others.
There you go.
Interesting. That makes sense, since it is gone from here. Now if I could just find a way to add the word "cents" into that middle sentence I would be very happy.
Oh god - sorry for three messages in a row, but hey, it ups my count on the engagement leagues, so maybe this is my new strategy haha. Anyway, I meant to respond to the fact WINTER IS COMING for you because SPRING IS COMING FOR ME!! There are BUDS! I don't even feel we have got to proper winter yet - I think it's been unseasonably warm. Still, too cold to go swimming in the ocean so ....
That is generally how I rate winter as well: "Too cold to go into the ocean." We don't get much here either, but hey, if you can't swim then it is winter :) Generally I dread winter just because I don't like short days, but I am learning to embrace it slowly. I always look forward to fall.