One thing I did was finally did something about the 23 key limes that my friend Cathy gave me. As a rule I never turn down free food (within reason). Especially fresh from someone's garden or fruit trees. Even if I bought key limes, they wouldn't be this fresh, right? They have been sitting in a bowl for a few days, while I tried to think how to use them. Today I cut them in half, squeezed the juice into an ice tray, picked the seeds out (mostly) with a spoon, and froze the cubes. I will put them into a labeled freezer bag tomorrow. I figure the few seeds left in there will lend authenticity to whatever I use them for (probably guacamole).
I started to throw out the peels, but I remembered reading somewhere that citrus peels repel bugs and cats from your garden, so I'm going to cut them into small pieces and throw them under my tomatoes, which seems to have something picking at the lower branches.
I started to throw out the seeds, but remembered reading somewhere that you can grow key limes from seed (supposedly you can't grow all citrus from seed), so I'm going to give that a go.
That's what I call a bargain, my friend. Free limes and uses for every bit of them.
I also moved some furniture around in my dining room that I've been thinking about, I like it a lot better this way. It opened up an east facing window to let some real sun in, and provided a place where I put a low table (maybe to be replaced by open shelves) for plants. This will be a good place for my seedlings instead of under a lamp. (On a side note--I ADORE my paisley gardening boots! And Bink's Curious George gardening boots!)
Mopped the floor and cleaned out the laundry closet. In addition to cleaning the kitchen and getting rid of a bunch of stuff that was here and there and I don't need anymore. Did some laundry, and I think I'm going to read for a little bit--there's a very compelling book about Compost that I want to finish.
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