went to the garden this morning!

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I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on the way to being better again? SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

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you go girl

To: Group <mserslife >Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 11:57:27 AMSubject: went to the garden this morning!

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on the way to being better again?

SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

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Yay! Every little bit helps, on weeding AND exercise... :-)

Wish we'd gotten in a garden this year, but the weather's been so weird it

might not have " took " anyway. Still working on the Old Man for a few

chickens next year - the worrisome part is keeping them warm through the

winter, because once they come on this place they're gonna live here til

they die of old age!

in WY

Practical Blackwork Designs

" You get a wonderful view from the point of no return... "    

http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com    

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went to the garden this morning!

 

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic

vegetable garden this morning.  I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside

the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. 

Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start!  Maybe I'm on

the way to being better again?

 

Sharon

This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling

and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to

be considered flaws or defects.

 

 

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I'm trying:) lol SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 10:00:06 AMSubject: Re: went to the garden this morning!

you go girl

To: Group <mserslife >Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 11:57:27 AMSubject: went to the garden this morning!

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on the way to being better again?

SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

[Guest guest]

Have you had chickens before, ? I hope you can get some--the fresh eggs are so much better than store eggs. Since you have electricity (and we don't) you can always keep them warm in winter with a light bulb or heat lamp hanging from the ceiling of their coop. With us being off-grid we can't do that. But on especially cold nights we heat rocks in the wood stove, drop them into a big can (those great big cans), cover it with foil and set it in the hen house on a disposable pie tin. It warms the house until their little body heat can warm up the house. hugs SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 12:27:22 PMSubject: RE: went to the garden this morning!

Yay! Every little bit helps, on weeding AND exercise... :-) Wish we'd gotten in a garden this year, but the weather's been so weird itmight not have "took" anyway. Still working on the Old Man for a fewchickens next year - the worrisome part is keeping them warm through thewinter, because once they come on this place they're gonna live here tilthey die of old age! in WYPractical Blackwork Designs"You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..." http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com http://practicalblackwork.com-----Original Message-----From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On BehalfOf SharonSent: Friday, July 09, 2010 10:57 AMTo: GroupSubject: went to the garden this morning! I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organicvegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outsidethe garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm onthe way to being better again? SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spellingand grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are tobe considered flaws or

defects. ------------------------------------

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Not since I was a kid in north GA - and my grandma's chickens didn't HAVE

a coop, they were the ultimate in free-range! I think we need to build one

of those " chicken tractors " - the coops you move around as needed. With

only 2 of us, can't see we need too many birdies.

The heating thing always makes me so nervous - so many

sheds/barns/kennels burn up around here in the winter, taking the poor

creatures inside with them! Hmm, Maybe solar... :-)

in WY

Practical Blackwork Designs

" You get a wonderful view from the point of no return... "    

http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com    

http://practicalblackwork.com

went to the garden this morning!

 

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic

vegetable garden this morning.  I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside

the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. 

Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start!  Maybe I'm on

the way to being better again?

 

Sharon

This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling

and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to

be considered flaws or defects.

 

 

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Do you have enough sun in the winter to heat with solar? There is a new homemade solar heater I am going to try making. It's made out of rain gutters and pop/beer cans. It's really interesting and I know people who have made them. One guy gets 150 degrees and the other one gets 146 degrees. It's called a Solar Pop Can Heater. If you want a link to one let me know. I'm impressed with them and especially with the idea of them being made mostly out of junk. I want one for the chickens and ducks. Maybe one for the turkeys too. Fancy birds, eh? lol SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 1:02:22 PMSubject: RE: went to the garden this morning!

Not since I was a kid in north GA - and my grandma's chickens didn't HAVEa coop, they were the ultimate in free-range! I think we need to build oneof those "chicken tractors" - the coops you move around as needed. Withonly 2 of us, can't see we need too many birdies. The heating thing always makes me so nervous - so manysheds/barns/kennels burn up around here in the winter, taking the poorcreatures inside with them! Hmm, Maybe solar... :-) in WYPractical Blackwork Designs"You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..." http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com http://practicalblackwork.com-----Original Message-----From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On BehalfOf SharonSent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:53 PMTo: MSersLife Subject: Re: went to the garden this morning! Have you had chickens before, ? I hope you can get some--the fresheggs are so much better than store eggs. Since you have electricity (and wedon't) you can always keep them warm in winter with a light bulb or heatlamp hanging from the ceiling of their coop. With us being off-grid wecan't do that. But on especially cold nights we heat rocks in the woodstove, drop them into a big can (those great big cans), cover it

with foiland set it in the hen house on a disposable pie tin. It warms the houseuntil their little body heat can warm up the house. hugs SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spellingand grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are tobe considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 12:27:22 PMSubject: RE: went to the garden this morning! Yay! Every little bit helps, on weeding AND exercise... :-) Wish we'd gotten in a garden this year, but the weather's been so weird itmight not have "took"

anyway. Still working on the Old Man for a fewchickens next year - the worrisome part is keeping them warm through thewinter, because once they come on this place they're gonna live here tilthey die of old age! in WYPractical Blackwork Designs"You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..." http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com http://practicalblackwork.com-----Original Message-----From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On BehalfOf SharonSent: Friday, July 09, 2010

10:57 AMTo: GroupSubject: went to the garden this morning! I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organicvegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outsidethe garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm onthe way to being better again? SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spellingand grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are tobe considered flaws or defects. ------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

I'd love the link! Lord knows there are plenty of pop cans here, since

Himself can't find time to take 'em to recycling!

in WY

Practical Blackwork Designs

" You get a wonderful view from the point of no return... "    

http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com    

http://practicalblackwork.com

went to the garden this morning!

 

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic

vegetable garden this morning.  I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside

the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. 

Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start!  Maybe I'm on

the way to being better again?

 

Sharon

This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling

and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to

be considered flaws or defects.

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Sharon,

Good

for you. Let’s hope this is a start to being better.

http://countermanfamilynews.blogspot.com/

From:

MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Sharon

Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 12:57 PM

To: Group

Subject: went to the garden this morning!

I

wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic vegetable

garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside the

garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted

I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on the way

to being better again?

Sharon

This

email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and

grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be

considered flaws or defects.

[Guest guest]

Thanks . I feel good tonight--no sore legs yet. Bending over in the garden weeding can sure mess with my legs but so far so good. We'll see what the night brings for my legs though. hugs SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 6:43:28 PMSubject: RE: went to the garden this morning!

Sharon, Good

for you. Let’s hope this is a start to being better.

http://countermanfamilynews.blogspot.com/

From:

MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Sharon

Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 12:57 PM

To: Group

Subject: went to the garden this morning!

I

wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic vegetable

garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside the

garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted

I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on the way

to being better again?

Sharon

This

email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and

grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be

considered flaws or defects.

[Guest guest]

Great news Sharon. May I ask how you put your body to do the weeding? Seriously, if I bend over, I'm terrifed on falling on my face. And I cannot balance or sit on my knees ... they hurt like heck and I cannot get up. I have to extend my entire body and lift myself up with my arms.

I'm banished from 's greenhouse ... he's afraid I'm going to fall and knock it over . But I have a little flower garden outside my front that doesn't get as much attention as it deserves ... hugs, Cait

went to the garden this morning!

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on the way to being better again?

SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

[Guest guest]

It's odd, Cait, but I can bend over from the waist just fine. I can't squat though. (or walk without tripping:) I can actually bend over from the waist and put my palms flat on the ground. SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 7:49:04 PMSubject: Re: went to the garden this morning!

Great news Sharon. May I ask how you put your body to do the weeding? Seriously, if I bend over, I'm terrifed on falling on my face. And I cannot balance or sit on my knees ... they hurt like heck and I cannot get up. I have to extend my entire body and lift myself up with my arms.

I'm banished from 's greenhouse ... he's afraid I'm going to fall and knock it over . But I have a little flower garden outside my front that doesn't get as much attention as it deserves ... hugs, Cait

went to the garden this morning!

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on the way to being better again?

SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

[Guest guest]

I can too, and also can't squat. Is it a MS thing perhaps?

~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

-- Re: went to the garden this morning!

Great news Sharon. May I ask how you put your body to do the weeding? Seriously, if I bend over, I'm terrifed on falling on my face. And I cannot balance or sit on my knees ... they hurt like heck and I cannot get up. I have to extend my entire body and lift myself up with my arms.

I'm banished from 's greenhouse ... he's afraid I'm going to fall and knock it over . But I have a little flower garden outside my front that doesn't get as much attention as it deserves ... hugs, Cait

went to the garden this morning!

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on the way to being better again?

SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

[Guest guest]

Gee, you're pretty flexible, Sharon. Probablyhelpful with the weeding!love, Kate went to the garden this morning!> >> > > >I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our > big organic > >vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the > elm tree outside > >the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the > garden. Granted > >I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm > on the way to > >being better again?> >> > > >Sharon> >This email is a natural hand made product. The slight > variations in spelling > >and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and > in no way are to > >be considered flaws or defects.> > > > > >> >> >> >> >> >> > > love and blessings,Kate

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[Guest guest]

Yep, me too. I can almost put my ELBOWS on the ground - it's an

Ehlers-Danlos hypermobile thing.

I used to be able to squat flat-footed, and pick up something off the

ground with my teeth from that position, but no more. I've noticed lately

that my right knee and right ankle no longer fully flex or extend.

What's weird is that I can bend so far forward with no balance problems,

but can't stand and tilt my head BACK at all! Is this true for you guys

too?

in WY

Practical Blackwork Designs

" You get a wonderful view from the point of no return... "

http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com

http://practicalblackwork.com

Re: went to the garden this morning!

Great news Sharon. May I ask how you put your body to do the weeding?

Seriously, if I bend over, I'm terrifed on falling on my face. And I cannot

balance or sit on my knees ... they hurt like heck and I cannot get up. I

have to extend my entire body and lift myself up with my arms.

I'm banished from 's greenhouse ... he's afraid I'm going to fall and

knock it over . But I have a little flower garden outside my front that

doesn't get as much attention as it deserves ... hugs, Cait

went to the garden this morning!

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic

vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside

the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden.

Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on

the way to being better again?

Sharon

This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling

and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to

be considered flaws or defects.

[Guest guest]

Me tooo Sharon. That's how I was trying to explain how I get up from the floor/ground. Same way only backwards to your going over. I know I've given the neighbors quite a chuckle over my rear up in the air . I'll have to practise your way ... I'm afraid once I start to move one balancing hand, I'm going to all fall down.

hugs,

Cait

went to the garden this morning!> >> > > >I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our > big organic > >vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the > elm tree outside > >the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the > garden. Granted > >I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm > on the way to > >being better again?> >> > > >Sharon> >This email is a natural hand made product. The slight > variations in spelling > >and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and > in no way are to > >be considered flaws or defects.> > > > > >> >> >> >> >> >> > > love and blessings,Kate

[Guest guest]

I wonder? Or perhaps you and I are just oddballs, Akiba. SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 10:20:22 AMSubject: Re: went to the garden this morning!

I can too, and also can't squat. Is it a MS thing perhaps?

~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

-- Re: went to the garden this morning!

Great news Sharon. May I ask how you put your body to do the weeding? Seriously, if I bend over, I'm terrifed on falling on my face. And I cannot balance or sit on my knees ... they hurt like heck and I cannot get up. I have to extend my entire body and lift myself up with my arms.

I'm banished from 's greenhouse ... he's afraid I'm going to fall and knock it over . But I have a little flower garden outside my front that doesn't get as much attention as it deserves ... hugs, Cait

went to the garden this morning!

I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our big organic vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the elm tree outside the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the garden. Granted I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm on the way to being better again?

SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

[Guest guest]

I'm only flexible at bending over. Yep, it does help with weeding. But otherwise I'm not at all flexible. SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 10:21:50 AMSubject: Re: went to the garden this morning!

Gee, you're pretty flexible, Sharon. Probablyhelpful with the weeding!love, Kate went to the garden this morning!> >> > > >I wanted to share that I finally was able to go out to our > big organic > >vegetable garden this morning. I sat in the shade of the > elm tree outside > >the garden then was later able to pull some weeds inside the > garden. Granted > >I only weeded for about 5 minutes but it's a start! Maybe I'm > on the way to > >being better again?> >> > > >Sharon> >This email is a natural hand made product. The slight > variations in spelling > >and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and > in no way are to > >be considered flaws or defects.> > > > > >> >> >> >> >> >> > >

love and blessings,Kate