Avid Gardener, Builder, Investor, Amateur Cook, and Lifelong Learner - Let's Grow steemit Together!

Hello!

After spending time on a lot of different social media platforms to learn and share information I stumbled upon steemit. Other platforms are great(stackexchange, Quora, reddit, YouTube, forums, even Instagram) and steemit builds on them by allowing for more discourse between content providers and users!

I do not claim to be an expert in anything, but there are a few things that I do an adequate job of and I would love to share those experiences and see what fascinating ideas, foods, or things others are creating!

A few things about me:

• I love plants and have always had an intimate relationship with them. About 2 years ago I undertook the journey of rebuilding my soil and beginning my own garden! It was so much fun and extremely rewarding. I built a worm farm(vermicompost) and began organically and naturally rebuilding the soil. I am located in Southern California and would love to share tips and tricks to deal with this tricky arid weather! Maybe we could even set up a steemit seed swap! Here are some pics of my recent harvests!

Bokchoy:

First Strawberry!!

Zucchini, cucumber, yellow pear tomato, orange heirloom tomatoes

Another one:

• I love to build things! By trade I am a general contractor but I love to tinker and make things with my own hands, hope to meet more DIY-ers!

Finishing up framing on a home I built last year:

• For a brief time I was in the whirlwind world of VC, Start-Ups, and Silicon Beach. I was involved with several angel investors and got to meet all kinds of cool people! I met Alexis Ohanian(reddit founder, might have to dig up that photo...) and had a great conversation with him. In fact, the conversation I had with him was a turning point in my life and I will never forget it. I doubt he will ever read this but thank you Mr. Ohanian. I am an active member in several groups in Los Angeles and am always looking to meet people with interesting new ideas!

• I am a amateur cook. A couple of years ago I had a few injuries that caused me to really take a step back and evaluate my health and lifestyle choices. I had to do something about my health and it turns out that if you put a little elbow grease into your food(not real elbow grease, mind you) you can make something delicious without being TOO terrible for you and it is FUN! I found it to be more enjoyable to cook something with friends or family and learning how to improve it was a much more rewarding experience then say getting take out and going on a Netflix spree(I have been guilty of this countless times). Here are some dishes I cooked up recently! Note: I do not really own any fancy cooking equipment I sort of just wing it...lol Any and all tips welcome!

Prime Rib First Try

It was successful but too much meat! Had to find a way to use it up. Cue up the ramen! Everytime I cook ramen it reminds me of Tanpopo. I loved that movie as a kid, used to watch it with my father all the time.

The one I made for my brother was plated much better I think, the eggs and onions really add some pizzazz

Some cute vegan cinnamon rolls:

• I am a lifelong learner and dabble in all sorts of things! There is never a shortage of things to learn, there is merely the obstacle of time. Hopefully I don't pick up a new hobby from steemit :P

Hope that was not too dry a read for most of you! Would like to know if people are more interested in any of these topics? I am also an avid photographer and I will be sharing a few photos on my next post!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

-apsis