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Comment by Randall Smith on August 30, 2017 at 6:59am

It's been a very disappointing season for vining vegetables. No melons of any variety, no pumpkins, and 5 acorn squash. My tomato plants have either died or look horrible. I don't know the reason--perhaps the weather. But I suspect it's more than that because, in the case of  squash, they get worse every year. And yes, I rotate.

Comment by Thomas Murray on August 30, 2017 at 1:31am

Kathy,

I had a torn rotor cuff in my right shoulder (one of the many body parts that is falling apart)  I first had corticosteroid injections. It helped but it only lasted about three weeks. After 6 months of therapy the doctor decided surgery was the best option. The first 5 weeks after surgery was painful. It took me 7 months to recover and about 14 months to get complete mobility. I still have restrictions like reaching up and behind but not much pain. Gets worse in cold ,damp weather. I still get injections for the lower back and I hate it. The injections are not so bad.. it is the steroids that makes me nauseous, weak, and irritable for about a week. For some people steroids isn't a problem but for me it is a dread.

Comment by kathy: ky on August 29, 2017 at 10:20pm

Don, I've considered the surgery but I've had far to many prior surgeries to even think about having another. Unless there's no other recourse.
Joan, I manage household chores ok as long as it's not anything that requires heavy lifting or raising my arms upward any distance. Which I can't do. Gardening isn't bad with the same restrictions. Pulling weeds isn't​ to bad. Anything that I can't manage we have friends who help or we hire someone to do them. This is the first year that weeds have been out of control but that's due more to all the rain and being unable to get them while they are small.

Comment by Idaho Spud on August 29, 2017 at 1:45pm

Giant pumpkins are amazing.  The largest one was 2,624.6 lb.  I hope to get a chance to see one of those behemoths some day.

If I do, I'll be tempted to ask "But how does it taste?"

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on August 29, 2017 at 12:50pm

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1,469 lb pumpkin!

Comment by Don on August 29, 2017 at 9:20am

Kathy, I understand.  And better than you may suspect.  Two years ago I could not have used my saw either--and had not used it for about five years.  Decades of tennis playing had ruined my right shoulder.  But two years ago October (after I had put the garden to bed) I underwent a total shoulder replacement.  I was back on the tennis court in 3 months, pain-free.  Slowly I have regained range of motion, and now I'm whole again, if not as strong yet as I once was.  Rotator-cuff surgery, as I understand it, is more difficult in that the recuperation takes longer, but it's something to consider.  Modern medicine is miraculous.

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 28, 2017 at 5:45pm

Kathy, how do you get your work done? I can't imagine doing even the simplest chores with those conditions. I hope you have help with your household tasks. 

Comment by kathy: ky on August 28, 2017 at 1:38pm

Don, we have a pole saw but I have a torn rotator cuff on one shoulder and the other shoulder has a frozen shoulder blade. So lifting the pole up isn't​ possible :(

Comment by Idaho Spud on August 28, 2017 at 8:43am

Don, what a beautiful piece of land you have.

Comment by Idaho Spud on August 28, 2017 at 8:41am

Daniel, your experimental flower garden is beautiful.  I'm saving it in my beautiful nature file.

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