Accessible Gardening: Looking for suggestions for gardening with MS, 1 by lovemyhouse

lovemyhouse wrote:
Hi Jim. My boss is a big nag...um, offers firm directed encouragement. When I bought my (first) house a few years ago, he made sure I got a big ol' 100' orange extension cord for outside use. Dallas can be at either end of the humidity spectrum, depending on the day and wind direction. But I work at a computer/electronics recycling company and we have some still working commercial fans that were dropped off. Bet I could try one of those... Have relatives in Shiprock and Farmington and they use "swamp coolers" that work really well in their dry climate. Would love to have a water feature, here. Didn't plan to put one in because of the mosquito-West Nile problems, and because water conservation has been so critical the last few years from the drought. Can't tell you how many plants disappeared from not watering every week. When I moved in, the only growing things beyond grass and trees were five Rose of Sharons and some nasty overgrown hollies. Started building up the yard and, if the description said 'drought tolerant' I just stuck 'em in the ground, watered them for the first month, and then waited to see if they survived on their own. The ones that came back, I put in more. If weeds grew in and they were pretty, left them, too. The roses and lavenders and thymes and gauras and daylilies and cannas and iris and and echinaceas and asiatic lilies and salvias all seem to do fine. Wow, it is so much fun saying all that! Really DO love my house...

Sorry, but I'm with Kay. The feature-that-must-not-be-named would be good for you. :-)

Carrie, agree with you-cold water with MS is beyond bad. Would make your muscles crackle up like three-layer mylar. Ouch!

Vickie, yeah, my former in-laws live in Jacksonville and my mom lived in Tyler for a few years before her death. Too humid for me. And I ain't going anywhere. Having a communication venue where people understand that limitations which can't be seen are still real is deeply comforting. Thank you all for being so welcoming. :-D