What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

Have the live seismograph broadcasting to the big screen as I sit here waiting for it to warm up a few more degrees outside. Amazing that the deeply embedded machine in NEBRASKA can pick up the quakes in NZ. So I have it on the tv and a record on the record player. LOL.

Sister is crocheting and selling dish cloths for her local teachers she works with to use as wipe rags for sanitizing solution. They FINALLY opened schools up full time, but they are out of paper towels. SO these little guys are reusable and washable. So I'll make a few for her too.

Took all the smelly alpaca coats to the laundry yesterday, One fell swoop and 20 minutes later they were clean! I used the new Tide extra odor protection pods. They did an amazing job and getting out the animal funk. OC I dried them on the deck railing and someone started a fire, but eh, better than winter animal stink.

 

[WthrLady]

@Wee Farmer Sarah I hate wallpaper removal. Even done right it can be a tremendous pain depending on how old and what kind and what kind of glue. I have a few tricks though if it might help. Score it with a box knife first, spritz with water/dawn dish soap mix, let soak for ten-fifteen minutes, then scrape. There are more heavy duty methods, and if you like I can query DH for them. He's a professional handyman and has been there done that a few times.

Our snow yesterday didn't start to stick until... um, about 6 last night. Now there's a layer of ice on everything under an inch or less of snow. That translates to waiting to go outside for anything until the ice melts, for safety reasons. I'm not allowed to fall on my butt or otherwise until September.

Sprouts are looking good, still wondering about the basil, waiting on that spinach. Eternally waiting for the spinach... I swear I'm going to start calling this variety eternal spinach instead of bloomsdale.

We used a tool called a tigers paw that you roll on the wall like you're washing it down, it micro perforated the paper. THen sprayed it with a solution that broke down the glues and it just peeled right off the wall. Now grass-paper was another nightmare altogether.

 

[Sueby]

We had an earthquake here in CT today too. I didn't feel it, it was small & I think I was sleeping.

@Wee Farmer Sarah thank you, I think I'm going to try the plastic for the row tunnel & my lettuce. Maybe get that going in the next couple weeks & see how it does.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

@Wee Farmer Sarah I hate wallpaper removal. Even done right it can be a tremendous pain depending on how old and what kind and what kind of glue. I have a few tricks though if it might help. Score it with a box knife first, spritz with water/dawn dish soap mix, let soak for ten-fifteen minutes, then scrape. There are more heavy duty methods, and if you like I can query DH for them. He's a professional handyman and has been there done that a few times.

Our snow yesterday didn't start to stick until... um, about 6 last night. Now there's a layer of ice on everything under an inch or less of snow. That translates to waiting to go outside for anything until the ice melts, for safety reasons. I'm not allowed to fall on my butt or otherwise until September.

Sprouts are looking good, still wondering about the basil, waiting on that spinach. Eternally waiting for the spinach... I swear I'm going to start calling this variety eternal spinach instead of bloomsdale.

That’s my opinion of bloomsdale. I do still grow it though since it’s tough enough to overwinter.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Sometimes I have the WORST luck.... Grr.....

I've been so excited about spring coming and all the planning I've been doing on my garden....now it is all jeopardized. In the last month, I've developed severe tendinitis in my right elbow. At first I ignored it, thinking it would go away.... When it didn't, I went to my regular doctor who took an x-ray and gave me steroid shot. That was several weeks ago.

Over the past few days, it has gotten really bad again. Even little actions like scooping feed for the chickens is nearly impossible. I have to use TWO HANDS to scoop the food. Last night, I wanted to take my loppers to some pesky wild raspberry brambles that are growing up in a spot that I want to put in some new flower beds. I couldn't hardly lift or grip the loppers at all.

I've scheduled an appointment with an orthopedic doctor for next week but I already know what they are going to say.... They are going to tell me to REST IT and that means no doing anything.... I'm sure it is possible to garden with one arm, but this is going to make everything excruciatingly slow and much more difficult. It is also going to make me more reliant on DH and I HATE being reliant on anyone....

 

[AmeliaBedelia]

Sometimes I have the WORST luck.... Grr.....

I've been so excited about spring coming and all the planning I've been doing on my garden....now it is all jeopardized. In the last month, I've developed severe tendinitis in my right elbow. At first I ignored it, thinking it would go away.... When it didn't, I went to my regular doctor who took an x-ray and gave me steroid shot. That was several weeks ago.

Over the past few days, it has gotten really bad again. Even little actions like scooping feed for the chickens is nearly impossible. I have to use TWO HANDS to scoop the food. Last night, I wanted to take my loppers to some pesky wild raspberry brambles that are growing up in a spot that I want to put in some new flower beds. I couldn't hardly lift or grip the loppers at all.

I've scheduled an appointment with an orthopedic doctor for next week but I already know what they are going to say.... They are going to tell me to REST IT and that means no doing anything.... I'm sure it is possible to garden with one arm, but this is going to make everything excruciatingly slow and much more difficult. It is also going to make me more reliant on DH and I HATE being reliant on anyone....

This is going to sound ridiculous, but try a well-recommended chiropractor. My mom had an arm issue a while back, and her PT actually brought up trying an chiropractor. One visit and she was 80% back to normal...something had popped out of place in her upper back and once it was back in the right spot her arm worked again. It was crazy...she was so bad she couldn't lift the milk carton with that arm beforehand. Even the PT was surprised...he hadn't actually thought it would work, just figured it wouldn't hurt.

 

[AmeliaBedelia]

Today I'm hoping to plant a couple odds and ends. Maybe the green beans. My first seed tray seed has sprouted though!!! Probably just a marigold, but still exciting.

I also did a big seasonal clean-out of clothing for the thrift store. I know it isn't about the
garden, but kids grow too!

 

[TJAnonymous]

This is going to sound ridiculous, but try a well-recommended chiropractor. My mom had an arm issue a while back, and her PT actually brought up trying an chiropractor. One visit and she was 80% back to normal...something had popped out of place in her upper back and once it was back in the right spot her arm worked again. It was crazy...she was so bad she couldn't lift the milk carton with that arm beforehand. Even the PT was surprised...he hadn't actually thought it would work, just figured it wouldn't hurt.

Actually, it isn't crazy. I used to have terrible, debilitating migraines. Went to TWO different neurologists who put me through lots of different medications and injections. Nothing really worked long term. Then I went to an upper cervical chiropractor. These are specialists who ONLY work on the top two vertebrae at the top of your spine. After a couple of adjustments over a few months, my migraines are completely cured. No more medications. Nada.... I still get headaches occasionally but they are NORMAL headaches. Not migraines.

So, no...I don't think it is totally bizarre suggestion. However, I'm pretty certain that this is not an injury tied to a misalignment but an injured tendon in my elbow. :/

 

[WthrLady]

Sometimes I have the WORST luck.... Grr.....

I've been so excited about spring coming and all the planning I've been doing on my garden....now it is all jeopardized. In the last month, I've developed severe tendinitis in my right elbow. At first I ignored it, thinking it would go away.... When it didn't, I went to my regular doctor who took an x-ray and gave me steroid shot. That was several weeks ago.

Over the past few days, it has gotten really bad again. Even little actions like scooping feed for the chickens is nearly impossible. I have to use TWO HANDS to scoop the food. Last night, I wanted to take my loppers to some pesky wild raspberry brambles that are growing up in a spot that I want to put in some new flower beds. I couldn't hardly lift or grip the loppers at all.

I've scheduled an appointment with an orthopedic doctor for next week but I already know what they are going to say.... They are going to tell me to REST IT and that means no doing anything.... I'm sure it is possible to garden with one arm, but this is going to make everything excruciatingly slow and much more difficult. It is also going to make me more reliant on DH and I HATE being reliant on anyone....

UGH. I did that when we lived in Alabama. Hold and cold, and a tennis elbow brace. It flares now and then, but no where near as badly as it first did. Good luck.

 

[AmeliaBedelia]

Actually, it isn't crazy. I used to have terrible, debilitating migraines. Went to TWO different neurologists who put me through lots of different medications and injections. Nothing really worked long term. Then I went to an upper cervical chiropractor. These are specialists who ONLY work on the top two vertebrae at the top of your spine. After a couple of adjustments over a few months, my migraines are completely cured. No more medications. Nada.... I still get headaches occasionally but they are NORMAL headaches. Not migraines.

So, no...I don't think it is totally bizarre suggestion. However, I'm pretty certain that this is not an injury tied to a misalignment but an injured tendon in my elbow. :/

My mom's doctors thought it was tendonitis or something similar since she had weakness and shooting pain when she tried to lift stuff, especially with her arm bent so the elbow was taking weight. But there was no "injury" that she could point to as the starting point. Anyway, maybe worth a try if it's that or surgery or something.