garden, watching notes, procrastination

During lunch break yesterday, i picked stevia then leaves from the wild passionfruit plant and the wild-ish Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, narrowleaf mountain mint, and a variety of my cultivated mints (lemon balm, tulsi, and spearmint). Stevia and the passionfruit leaves were dehydrated. Stevia leaf is just stunning in its sweetness: it's very similar to the processed sweetener if not identical. I'm going to try overwintering the plant. I imagine being able to enjoy stevia sweetened horehound tea this winter. The passionfruit leaves are supposed to be mildly sedative: we'll see. The mountain mint went under vodka to make an extract for the planned bitters project. At the rate at which i drink alcohol, it will take years to go through all of this.

I watched the first episode of Netflix's documentary series High on the Hog yesterday. It's beautifully produced, with drone footage of red roads and waterways in Benin, Africa. I would have liked a bit more detail about the food -- but i can look for recipes from Benin to get a sense of what was being prepared.

( Self talk, dissatisfaction )