Accessible Gardening: More Disabled Gardeners, Laughing with Joy ..., 1 by Amargia

Amargia wrote:
Susan, Sony recently designed an aroma-phone. Aroma computers can’t be too far behind. LOL. I’ve taken over Nadine’s Moon Garden while she is away. That seemed an ideal place for Cestrum nocturnum. Do they survive Georgia winters outside or do you have to bring them in when it gets cold?

The Virgin Island Christmas tree is so odd. It is hard to get a mental picture of it. Think traditional wedding cake. It is a 5-tiered planter made from small tires from vehicles like ATV’s, golf carts, go-carts, etc. We removed one of the tire’s sidewalls, turned them inside out and painted them green. We stacked 4 tires, each smaller than the last, and put a small green pot on the top. Planted the tires and pot with aloe vera and decorated it like a Christmas tree. Jim’s right. We had way too many aloes that year so we gave them away as Christmas gifts.

I suppose you could do the same thing with different size pots, but, if you go more than three tiers, I would advice you drive a piece of PVC pipe or something in the center through all the layers to stabilize things.

BTW, we provide the tire company with pics of our creations to put up on their walls so they give us all the tires we want. I guess we should make them Amargia’s official sponsor.

I’m not sure if it stays within the restrictions of your diet, Jacki, but the Oatmeal Pancake recipe is at:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Flourless-Oatmeal-Blueberry-Pan...

I used canola oil, entire eggs and made them silver dollar size. I like the unadorned taste of honey so I omitted the blueberries. They came out fine. You can play around with this recipe quite a bit to suit your taste and what you happen to have in the kitchen.

Vickie, looking forward to your thread on dietary supplements and the like. I take a lot of vitamin and mineral supplements and things such as Glucosamine chondroitin and grape seed extract. They just put me on Lexapro until spring. (S.A.D.) and hormones to prevent osteoporosis and Diovan for high blood pressure. That is just the result of T.M.B. (too many birthdays) Still not taking as many pills as Jim (or most the people who contribute to this thread) but I seem to be gaining fast. :-) Kay

Photo: Moonflower