Philip Mikols Music ✝️ (@PhilipMikolsMusic)

I'm still around but my work schedule has been all over the place due to people taking vacations and I'm deep into recording the second Mikols/Goble Project album. The heat and humidity produced loads of cucumbers. My pole beans suffered but are recovering and are producing a few beans. I let my endive bolt and was not expecting this. On a whim I planted some tobacco and was not prepared for how fast and big it grows. Dried some leaves for a tincture. Tobacco has some health benefits, gut motility mostly, when used sparingly. Also helps with alertness and arguably better than caffeine. I've been doing a lot of food fermentation and have really ramped up growing more pac choi and kale in my indoor hydroponics. Processed a batch of pinecone syrup. I had to use Scots Pine this year because the White Pines did not produce any cones this year. That's just how it goes with foraging. The Scots Pine is good but not as good as the White Pine. Looks like it will be a good year for pawpaw and persimmon.