Beginner Gardening: Gardening as a 66-year old Polio survivor, 1 by GoldenDomer

GoldenDomer wrote:
I thought I'd post a picture of the ramps I use to get my 3 wheeled electric scooter onto the deck and then into the kitchen. Tread Tex (anti slip particles) were mixed into the sealer that was used on the deck when the ramps were sealed.

In the foreground is my trusty (squirrel & chipmunk proof) bird feeder that's shown with a suet block I recently hung for the Cardinals and Goldfinches as the winter cold is just a week or two away.

In the background next to my patio door is my squirrel, chipmunk, Blue Jay (etc) feeder table on which I mount a cracked corn cob. I suppose a zoom of this picture would show that there is no corn on the cob - I'm waiting for them to clean up their mess on the table and the deck before they get a new one. By the way, if you're going to put out a corn feeder like this, drilling a hole in all the cobs ahead of time makes it easy to slip the cob on and off the nail.

For those of you with really sharp eyes, the nursery of my Brugmansia cuttings in the kitchen can be seen through the patio door window behind the squirrel table.

I can see the Brug nursery, the squirrel table and the suet feeder all from the warmth and comfort of my easy chair in my living room. That view is a lot more interesting than the boob tube unless there's TV football on of my Chicago Bears or Notre Dame.

Just thought I'd post an update of more trivial details in the life of a Polio survivor and what things are like as the gardening season comes to an end.