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| The weather is starting to look like "April" |
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| 'Tis but a scratch. I am sure that if I pile on just a little more sail I can make it to shore... |
I need a break. You guys tried to tell me but I was stubborn. My knees and elbows are complaining. Our kids were in athletics so I am familiar with R.I.C.E.
- Rest
- Ice/Ibuprofen
- Compression
- Elevate
Cheating on the first element, rest, is counter-productive. The last three bullets control inflammation but our bodies need TIME to heal. But I am dancing in-and-out of small windows of time between weather and family responsibilities. Springtime waits for no man.
Right now, the discomfort on the inside of my left knee is the most debilitating. Torsional motion of my foot causes the most discomfort and it seems to flare up when I am dragging brush. I looked at the anatomy of the knee and it could be a lot of things complaining. The good news is that my body should be able to heal the problem if I give it time to heal. The bad news is that I am stubborn and don't want to rest, yet.
The middle ground is to hire Kubota to drag brush and to restrict myself to "light-duty" for a couple of weeks.
Seeds started
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| Sweet peppers, Lovage, Broccoli and African Marigolds. The containers are repurposed empty gallon milk jugs. The caps are used to weight down the repurposed grocery bags until they get some condensate on their bottoms. |
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Three kinds of tomatoes |
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| A close-up of one of the tomato trays. The top of the soil measured 72 F this morning. I will check again after the sun rises. |
Today's tasks
Pot up the grape-cuttings that have been sitting in the hot-box for two weeks. The Vitis riparia cuttings are pushing their buds but don't show any sign of callousing or rooting on the bottom. The other cuttings show no signs of growth.
Dig a trench to bury corrugated drain-tile to carry water from a gutter down-spout away from the house. Rains are coming!
Make a trip to the grain elevator in Charlotte to buy more duck feed and to see if they have asparagus crowns in-stock.
Joe, you know what you NEED to do. "But I'm stubborn".
ReplyDeleteDon't you have other willing hands you might (ahem) Supervise friend?
Any young kid or three that *might* still have some sort of work ethic to get er done?
You can be stubborn all the way to a crippling end of growing season injury.
Please pray about this Joe.
Another case of you know better than your body eh? Age affects rehab time there sir, the less time spent resting the LONGER it will take Mr. Body to heal up.
ReplyDeleteIf your knees and elbows are complaining, pay attention. We don’t recover so well from getting old. Ask me how I know. Tendonitis is slow to heal, and in personal experience, will recur regularly. Rest, stretches, and exercises with very light weights seems to help.
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I planted too many seeds until the chipmonks ate up about a third of my garden.
ReplyDeleteLike grazing guru Jim Gerrish characterized dragging pastures to break up and spread manure pats...its principal utility is mostly as a way to accomplish transfer of wealth to the next generation by paying them to drive the tractor.
ReplyDeleteWhile you may not benefit from a tax standpoint, you may profit, in the long run, by hiring Kubota to drag brush. With youth and size on his side he may complete the task faster than you would, and you get to recuperate in the interim. Pay the young 'un.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but as we age it takes longer to heal and at some point we no longer heal completely. Acceptance of this fact is often a difficult thing. It's not fair, it sucks but it is reality.
ReplyDeleteThey made it to 'shore'...just not the one they wanted. And yes, time to take a break! If you keep pushing, you'll be back on the table for another surgery!
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