Accessible Gardening: Practical Matters for Physically Phallanged Gardeners #2, 1 by seacanepain

seacanepain wrote:
Hi, Everyone. I’ve been out of it the last day or so. The VA sends retired service people our meds through the mail and they were a little late getting me my heart med which is an alpha blocker. When your body grows accustom to that med, if it gets low in your bloodstream, it causes some very uncomfortable sensations. I understand some people, not knowing you can’t just suddenly stop taking alpha blockers, end up going to the hospital believing they are having heart attacks. You aren’t in any real danger, but it does feel weird. I will be so glad when I’m back in shape and can get off this drug I’m told if the doctor weans you off it gradually, it isn’t so unpleasant.
Sorry to hear about your friend. Leaf. I hear what you’re saying about the drive. It is a 4-hour drive to the other in-progress Community garden in Fayette. As much as I love seeing the folks up there, I am beginning to dread the drive.
I know what you mean about the teenagers, Bonnie. Our granddaughter spends her summers here. She always insist on picking out my clothes when I take her somewhere so I’m dressed in a way that doesn’t embarrass her in front of her friends. She claims I dress like a park ranger. LOL. I’m looking forward to a pool here so I don’t have to drive to an exercise pool. The problem, when we have one on site, will be getting any work out of my wife. She will want to stay in it all the time.
Can any of you ladies tell me if this is a daylily? I grew up on a farm, but am a newbie when it comes to flowers. My wife doesn’t know much about flowers that aren’t fragrant, but she thinks it is a daylily. I just liked the color. It came in a container with the handwritten labeled "black and white lilies."
I’m not going to say a word about disorganized artsy types. That would just give them an opening to counter with comments about the state of my desk and the fact I still haven’t finished the living room remodel. It is down to the paining and detail work. I really, really, REALLY hate painting. I kept hoping a painter friend might have problems with his computer so I could just exchange services with him. Sad, isn’t it? LOL.
I think I've convinced the others to ease up on the budget constraints here so I can pay other people to do some of the work here. Amargia started with a wager Kay made that she could reclaim this land on an extremely tight budget using old techniques. But, she's won that bet. So, I think it is time to go on to other things. I have no doubt the budget wheelchair ramp they designed would work, but it requires so much hard labor and time. I would just as soon purchase a commercially available ramp and let the VI's focus on their own projects. And, I can borrow a friend's little Kubota to do the leveling and earth moving they are now doing by hand. My friend's machine is small enough it can be maneuvered even in our tight spaces. The way I see it, if I am making the money to pay people to do the things I can't anymore and I am arranging and directing what is done, “I” got the job done. I don’t feel like we have to prove anything to anyone. I just think if we hire out and find easier ways to do more of the mule work, we could focus more on the original, creative stuff that really use the talents we have. We just became accustom to doing absolutely everything from scratch because of the way we started out. The VI's, now free of the mule work, are planting seeds at a furious rate Lots more smiles. A big improvement to the local scenery. (Jim)