Accessible Gardening: Practical Matters for Physically Challenged Gardeners #15, 1 by Amargia

Amargia wrote:
Whew! I finally have some free time to write.

Have you gotten outside to enjoy the cooler weather, Carrie? Do you have an accessible patio or something like it there?

Kay has been having more than her share of challenges lately. I recently rushed her to the ER thinking she was having an attack of appendicitis. It turned out to be an inflamed muscle. The doctor gave her an anti-inflammatory and Flexeril. I’m jealous of the latter. That is a muscle relaxer that truly works, but it is only for acute conditions. None of the muscle relaxers doctors will prescribe for chronic conditions like DDD work very well for me any longer. .

We are finally set up for another person living here. (Moving things around is probably how Kay injured her back.) If SD#1 changes her mind about living here, there is no way we are going to move it back to the way it was.

Vickie, you must be far from the only one who finds it easier to sleep in a recliner. While I was at the furniture store buying a new bed, I saw a recliner that was specially designed for just that. I think that is what I will buy when it is time for a new recliner. I tested out the feel of both the sleeper recliner and the one with the heat and massage. I preferred the sleeper.

I’m beginning to get this pottage garden concept. The celery among the Bull’s Blood beets looks totally cool. If it all taste as good as it looks, I’ll be 100% sold
I planted some ‘First Lady’ snapdragon seeds. I’m not sure about the timing of my planting. The seeds were on sale though and contained colors I don’t already have. The tomatoes have started flowering and producing again. It looks like I will have a good crop of banana peppers. I was surprised at how much shade the peppers tolerated. The leaves are far larger than the peppers grown in full sun, but they are producing as well as those grown in sun. The Japanese hardy oranges are larger than normal and maturing early. Kay flavored a pitcher of ice tea with the juice of two of them. It tasted good. They might have more than ornamental value after all. I hope their being a full two months early doesn’t indicate a colder than normal winter coming. My Owari mandarin orange tree is much more tender than the hardy ‘Flying Dragon.’ (Jim)
1&2) Not sure what we planted there but I love the powder puff balls and the blue/ purple color of the flowers