Friday

BYCU

A passage from a book that is currently on my top shelf, The Drunken Botanist: "Every great drink starts with a plant. If you're a gardener, I hope this book inspires a cocktail party. If you're a bartender, I hope you're persuaded to put up a greenhouse or at least plant a window box. I want everyone who walks through a botanical garden or hikes a mountain ridge to see not just greenery but the very elixir of life–the aqua vitae–that the plant world has given us. I've always found horticulture to be an agreeably intoxicating subject."

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I tried to grow red celery last year. It's supposed to make real slender but sturdy red celery sticks that are great for stirring drinks, then you can eat the stick after you're done with the drink. Unfortunately, it didn't grow, but I think I'm going to try it again this year.