Propagation: Propagation: Plant propagation part XIX based on my own ex, 0 by WormsLovSharon

WormsLovSharon wrote:
Well, DH is OK today. When he slumped, not fall, I immediately checked his BP after he came back down stairs from getting dressed for bed. It was 118/75 which is good. Not to high, not to low. He said he thought he had forgotten to breathe. OMG. I said, "Baby Cakes", your body does not forget to breathe. Then he said he got up to fast. This man does not move fast enough to get light headed, especially getting over a broken rib. Now this is three falls in two weeks. Well when we finally got to bed we both laid there for over two ours wondering what was the problem. Then he finally fell asleep so I went to sleep. Yesterday he was reasonably OK but did not eat much. Even as hot as it is I made minestrone soup and he ate a bunch of it. I am going to make corn bread in a hour or two and that will also help.

No gardening yesterday or today. I did cleaning of the wood floors yesterday in the kitchen, dining room and great room. Today I cleaned our Master bedroom suite. I used the steamer on the wood furniture creases to get rid of the built up furniture oil and dust. Worked wonders but took over two hours. First the bedroom furniture was purchased in 1981 and cost $8,000 then. It is wonderful wood and was made in North Carolina. It is very fine furniture but does have many groves to catch dust. When we built the home, the designer wanted us to get a new bedroom set. She stated, it was very dated. I responded, so are he people sleeping in it. I did relent and had risers made to raise the bed up. I can still get in bed but soon I am going to have to get a small step to get into bed or remove the risers. If I remove the risers, the bed skirt will flow out on the floor. When you do a deep cleaning in your home, you realize how good you are and how inept your housekeeper is. But she only comes once a month, so I guess that is OK.

JB, when I read Jnette';s comment about knitting, I raised my ear to the East. I expected to hear an explosion. AND you had better be careful with the dehydration. That is what started DH's problem. He was in kidney failure when he got to the hospital. Symptoms, dizzy, confused and wobbly on his feet. They hydrated him for two days. He also had gastric problems like you that just aggravated the situation even more. I believe you need more than plain water. I will go on line later in the day and look it up and play Doctor Winter. I think DH has at least 5 saline bags over two days. That was the second time he was in. They sent him home after one saline and he was back in two days later and was in for three days. You need to get some yogurt with pro-biotic. That helps regulate the good bacteria and keeps everything normal. Well as normal as you can be. Doctors had no clue has to help DH with that problem and he had had that for over two months. I went to Whole Foods and spoke to someone in their get well area and I gave DH what they told me to get him and in 4 days the problem ceased and has not returned. But he has pro-biotic yogurt at least twice a week now.

Jnette, your plant does grow here. It took me many years to get it out of one area. I have it in an area I thought I was containing it, but discovered a few week ago it had taken off.

Lee, I am so glad to hear the Hardy Hibiscus made it there. I will send you some when I get the cuttings rooted. That is good news for Jnette and Evelyn. They usually come back from the roots. They die down completely and are slow coming up in the spring. Half the time you think they did not make it and then they show up. I have some beauties. I get cold if it gets below 80 degrees so I do not know how you live where you live. But we all live where we live for some reason that probably only makes sense to ourselves.

Evelyn, you said you may be moving. Why and where? None of my business but would love to know.

I still have not taken photos. Did not sleep well last night and when I finally got to sleep I did not awake until 10am. Then after shower and doing my hair, it was noon. I finished cleaning around 3:15pm. The day is shot. I have only eaten grapes (cold) and water today, so I should get off the couch and get something to eat.

I have two coleus that are absolutely astounding. They are a dark rose and trimmed with a light yellow/gold that looks like neon. The other one is the same color but the yellow/gold is variegated inside the leaf instead of trimming the leaf. I will try to get a photo tomorrow morning.

Dave, do you know a good source for Cactus/Succulents. I found the attached but I need them a little large. This is for the pots by the guard house. I really like the reddish color because we already have a very large gray one in the pot already.

I have a bunch of tomatoes I need to do something with. I usually saute garlic, lots of it, and pine nuts until the pine nuts are golden and have infused some garlic flavor. Then I chop the tomatoes into small pieces. Make my pasta and when it is cooked and still steaming I pour the pasta into a large shallow bowl and then toss in the garlic, pine nuts, chopped basil uncooked and tomatoes uncooked and let sit for about 3 minutes. It is killer tasty. Now I am getting hungry. Actually, that is a lie. I never get hungry. But that does sound good.

Later all my friends.