Accessible Gardening: Practical Matters for Physically Challanged Gardeners #7, 1 by Sansai87

Sansai87 wrote:
Debra, my Japanese food recipes usually come from a manga source, but the others I snag from all sorts of places. I am making jelly from wild beautyberries today. That will require some making up as I go along. The recipe I have is very basic. Think I can make some improvements. MK once gave me a cookbook called "How to Cook Without the Book." lol.
Did you make it to 3:30? I don't know how you or MK do it. I burn out fast out there and my only physical challenges are my extra weight and a weak ankle. It is very humbling to have a 60-year-old work rings around me. :-) That's okay. We wil be engaging in seasonal tag team gardening. She slows down dramatically when winter gets closer. (Severe case of S.A.D.) While I feel more alive and energetic with the coming of cooler weather.
I think our yearly weather cycle is much like yours. A little warmer, perhaps, and definitely a lot more humidity. Gardening stops around Christmas and starts back up around Maudi Gras in Feb. We get snow on the ground an average of once a decade.
We think we have unraveled the mystery of the giant dwarfs. :-) The outdoor sink doesn't drain into the septic system, but into the irrigation trench. That sink is where MK routinely preps organic fertilizers, washes rooting hormone off her hands and the like. That banana and canna grow just where the sink drain pipe empties in to the trench. They have been receiving very large amounts of water and growth stimulants. We didn't get it all moved. The banana multiplied as well as getting taller. It has seven trunks! We are calling in re-enforcements. I did get the leaves cleared from the satellite dish so I can watch Food Network again. lol. ~Nadine~

This message was edited Sep 5, 2010 4:59 PM