Bruce
05-24-2003, 07:11 PM
The reason i call it a parkinson garden is my goal is to have a garden free from toxc chemicals which are suspected to cause pd.
Last Fall i started creatind six raised plots, that involved unloading about 100 fourty pound bags of topsoil plus vermiculite to loosen up the soil. I used only oomposte manure (organic).
Even though i have difficulty walking, poor stamina, and poor muscle strength, today i have spinach, potatos, tomatoes, green beans and zuchinni growing in each plot.
It is very rrewarding to accomplish something tha few people believe that i can do it. It takes a lot of patience and planning, but i believe that most pwp's could do the same thing.
Bruce
Last Fall i started creatind six raised plots, that involved unloading about 100 fourty pound bags of topsoil plus vermiculite to loosen up the soil. I used only oomposte manure (organic).
Even though i have difficulty walking, poor stamina, and poor muscle strength, today i have spinach, potatos, tomatoes, green beans and zuchinni growing in each plot.
It is very rrewarding to accomplish something tha few people believe that i can do it. It takes a lot of patience and planning, but i believe that most pwp's could do the same thing.
Bruce
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Googy
05-24-2003, 10:57 PM
Bruce,
You set an example of what will power can do.If the new veggies are as good as the tomatoes you sent us a while back! A hint.!!!!! I miss a garden.Living in a condo is easier for me now.But I miss the garden.
Googy
You set an example of what will power can do.If the new veggies are as good as the tomatoes you sent us a while back! A hint.!!!!! I miss a garden.Living in a condo is easier for me now.But I miss the garden.
Googy
Bruce
05-25-2003, 07:21 AM
Googy, the spinach must be good, because i eat it every day. Some of it is about mature.
Bruce
Bruce
simby
05-25-2003, 09:57 AM
bruce - that is awesome
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Bruce
05-25-2003, 01:55 PM
I received strawberry plants yesterday and decided i wasn't up to setting them out yet.
This morning, it was nice and cool and i was well rested.It went much easier and i squeed in 16 plants and had enough energy to mulch them. I had raked up pine straw in the past for each plot.
All of his was done while sitting on my scooter. I just drive it up close to the plot and start planting.
Bruce
This morning, it was nice and cool and i was well rested.It went much easier and i squeed in 16 plants and had enough energy to mulch them. I had raked up pine straw in the past for each plot.
All of his was done while sitting on my scooter. I just drive it up close to the plot and start planting.
Bruce
Bruce
05-26-2003, 09:55 AM
Just read an article in Newsweek on pain management. They said when the brain focuss on something other than pain, such as gardening, less or no pain is felt by the individual.
Bruce
Bruce
Pelicangirl
05-26-2003, 06:50 PM
Hi Bruce,
Good to hear from you again. I'm sure that's true about the pain. When your mind focuses only on the pain, it seems a lot worse. When it focuses on something else, it makes you forget about the pain, at least for a while.
Your garden sounds yummy, especially the tomatoes.
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Pelicangirl (aka Ruth)
Good to hear from you again. I'm sure that's true about the pain. When your mind focuses only on the pain, it seems a lot worse. When it focuses on something else, it makes you forget about the pain, at least for a while.
Your garden sounds yummy, especially the tomatoes.
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Pelicangirl (aka Ruth)
Bruce
05-26-2003, 11:56 PM
Ruth, i am probably boring everyone with my raised garden plots, but it is getting better every day. I am way ahead of my neighbors in that while the ground is to wet, my plots need watering.
The tomatoes arrived last thursday and they are growing already. Two are Burpee's new hybrids and one they claim to be the best tasting tomotato ever.
I am getting fresh spinach daily.
Bruce
The tomatoes arrived last thursday and they are growing already. Two are Burpee's new hybrids and one they claim to be the best tasting tomotato ever.
I am getting fresh spinach daily.
Bruce