ROLL CALL AND QUERY :)

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

This is a very late response to the message below.

 

Name: Gary aka gsmattingly

Veg type: lacto ovo vegetarian

Locale: Dublin, CA (East San Francisco Bay Area)

What I eat: See above.

What I'm supposed to be doing now: working.

(electrical engineer)

What I like to do: Work in the garden, take photos,

read books, play with the dog, eating spicy

foods, trying new hot sauces, watching too

much tv and being on the internet too much,

etc.

 

Links to photos I have taken of the garden:

http://www.amelor.com/garden/garden.html

 

Various and sundry other photos I have taken:

http://www.amelor.com/travels/travels.html

 

I don't have a favorite juice, shake or smoothie.

I drink orange juice every day. Sometimes I

drink other juices, hm, mainly tomato or grape.

I don't really drink shakes or smoothies.

 

Here are some things I've planted this year:

Tomatoes:

Stump of the World (2) [beefsteak - pink]

Ed's Millennium [beefsteak - red]

Japanese Black Trifele [classic - black]

Jersey Devil [paste]

 

Peppers:

Napoleatano (this is the only sweet and not hot

pepper)

Aji Cristal

Cayenne Nainari

Chiltepin

Habanero Chocolate Caribbean

Piquin Firecracker

Rocoto Manzano Yellow

Santaka

Scottish Bonnet Red (5 in 1)

Serrano Papaloapan

Thai Bangkok

Zimbabwe Bird

 

Herbs and a few other things I've planted:

 

 

achillea paprika

arnica (arnica chamissonis)

arnica (arnica montana)

ashwagana,kuthminthi (withiana somnifera)

astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus)

astrantia hadspen blood

basil (six different types)

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)

bee balm (Monarda didyma)

bee balm (monarda jacob cline)

betony (stachys officinalis)

black cohosh (cimicifuga racemosa)

boneset (eupatorium perfoliatum)

canteloupe melon

chamomile, german

chamomile, roman

cilantro

clary sage (salvia scleria)

coltsfoot (tussilago fargara)

cucumber

datura inoxia

datura metal

echinacea (echinacea purpurea)

galangal (Alpinia galanga)

goldenseal (hydrastis canadensis)

great burnett -(sanguisorba officinalis)

greek mullein (verbascum olympicum)

hemlock (Conium maculatum)

lady's bedstraw (galium verum)

lady's mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris)

lovage (Levisticum officinale)

mad dog skullcap (scutellaria lateriflora)

meadowsweet (filependula venusta)

mexican tarragon (tagetes lucida)

mints (spearmint, peppermint)

mullein (verbascum thapsus)

pelargoniums (a few scented)

peppers, hot (about 5 or 6 various)

potentilla monarchs velvet - cinquefoil

red lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis)

stevia

sweet flag (Acorus Calamus)

sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata)

thyme, english

uva ursi (kinnikinick) (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)

valerian (valeriana officinalis)

vetiver (vetiveria zizanioides)

witchhazel

woodruff, sweet (galium odorata)

 

My livejournal:

http://alces2.livejournal.com/

 

Flickr site (subset of photos from above:)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsmattingly

 

Gary

 

> ROLL CALL: Time now to check in, please, since

> there are some of you we haven't heard from

> for a long time. Just say a little something

> about yourself, where you are, what you

> eat, what you like to do, whatever. AND . . .

>

> QUERY: Do you have a favourite juice, shake or

> smoothie? What is it?

 

 

gsmattingly

San Francisco Bay Tri-Valley Area

USDA Zone - 9b

Sunset zone - 14

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

in response to the roll call...

 

i am 47m, work in health care...

 

have seen firsthand, results of errors in diet (and lifestyle)...

 

was full vegetarian in the past, now trying to work my way back to it...

 

i was a lot healthier and more energetic then...

 

love all sorts of vegetarian, and ethnic cooking...

 

Take Care

 

Daniel

 

, " Pat " <drpatsant wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone,

> Hope you all enjoyed your weekend and that the weather is picking up

for all of you in the

> northern hemisphere.

>

> ROLL CALL: Time now to check in, please, since there are some of you

we haven't heard

> from for a long time. Just say a little something about yourself,

where you are, what you

> eat, what you like to do, whatever. AND . . .

>

> QUERY: Do you have a favourite juice, shake or smoothie? What is it?

>

> Okay, guys, time to be heard!

>

> Love, Pat

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Daniel - thanks for writing in Never too late for roll call!! (Well,

hardly ever LOL)

 

> i am 47m, work in health care...

>

> have seen firsthand, results of errors in diet (and lifestyle)...

 

I'll bet you have!

 

> was full vegetarian in the past, now trying to work my way back to it...

 

That's good! Makes me happy to hear that kind of thing.

 

> i was a lot healthier and more energetic then...

 

Well, can't quite regain that youth, but you can put a large dent in ageing by

going

veggie, I've found! Good luck. And write and tell us about what you're cooking -

you say

you like ethnic cooking? What especially?

 

Love, Pat