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Foods That Are High In Fiber

I am a firm believer of what you put in your body, you get out of your body. Haha. That was a joke. I have been coming up with tons of good jokes lately. It’s true that nobody laughs at them, but trust me, they are wildly funny.

Anyway, if you are over the age of, I don’t know…11 or so, you have probably figured out that fiber is wonder stuff. It’s what makes the world go round. Without fiber, we would all be in big trouble. If you have no idea what I am talking about, you can read about the benefits of fiber here. Fiber and tons of veggies are a big part of a good diet.

I have been raving about Fiber One cereal for years. This cereal has 14g (57% of daily value) of fiber per serving. Do you know how difficult that is to match? When people tell me they take fiber pills, I laugh at them and turn my face away. I can’t stand to hear it. Why take pills that only have 2g of fiber in them? You would have to take over 10 pills to get what you need per day. That’s crazy and a waste of money. Eat a bowl of cereal and at least get a snack out of it.

I started poking around online today in a search for foods that are even higher in fiber than my old friend, Fiber One. I am happy to report that I found such a list. You can take a look at it here.

If you’ll notice, many foods on the list offer a few grams of fiber, but the big whoppers are beans. Beans baby beans!!! Some types of beans offer over 19g of fiber per cup. Can you believe it? Peas are really good too. They come in at 13.4g per cup. That’s awesome.

I have a word of warning. Eating a high fiber diet is not good for the social life. While it keeps many parts of your body in check and is great for dieting, it’s not going to win you any points in enclosed areas or large quiet classrooms full of students taking an exam. There is a certain risk to incorporating these types of foods into your everyday routine.

Even with these risks, I encourage all of my readers to eat tons of fiber. I think it will “enlighten” you. Ahhhh…another joke.

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A Huge Flower Garden In The Back Yard

Remember when I told you I was transplanting the Daffodil bulbs from the area along the stone wall in the back yard to the area near the driveway? I told you I was doing this because the area was just too large for a garden and I would rather simply plant grass there instead.

Well, as it turns out, we are going to have a garden in the back after all.

Laura and I have been wrestling over the idea of a new flower/veggie garden for some time. I came up with a few ideas, but the look on Laura’s face told me to keep thinking. The problem with setting up a real fenced-in vegetable garden is spacing. We have a few good areas to do this, but trying to have a combination vegetable and flower garden is getting rather difficult.

Yesterday, we decided to limit the new garden to flowers and shrubs. For the veggies, we’ll think of something else. Laura has been talking about different varieties of bulbs and some sort of a garden trellis that we can grow vines all over. For these types of ideas, the only place available is the area along the rock wall in the back yard. I guess I am going to be ordering 30 yards of mulch, instead of 15. Gee, that’s going to make for some real fun after that delivery.

I spent some time yesterday edging the area for the mulch. I will probably make the order next week. Here are some pics of what I did yesterday…

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