Thinning out

Chinese dumpling soup with  soft  leaves of rape plants that thinned out .

When we cook  a  Chinese  dumpling  ,  always cook 50 oh so 

dumplings at a time, and 40 are pan-fried on that day, the rest are put in soup

on next day.  this delicious warming dish is perfect  in cold day . 

Thinning out

 Here's a photo of  rape plants in the a flower bed facing west, using bird netting to keep the bird such as  sparrows  away.

That was it in mid- December. (rape plant, spinach and  edible chrysanthemum)

See here (seeding!)

Here's a picture of  Wintersweet buds in my garden. 

I  do love its fragrant yellow flowers in the bitter cold,  especially

its pleasing sweet scent.