First, I would like to welcome the newcomers to our transplanted thread. It is great to see some of the old gang have found us here and I hope to see more old friends trickling in over the next few weeks.
Ken, I have an “I Hate Ants” song, but I cannot publish the lyrics on a public thread. I have heard they do some of the same jobs in the garden that worms do, but I would much rather have the earthworms. Yesterday was a physical recovery day for everyone involved in the Amargia Experiment. That we all need a rest day after a hard work day is the new reality. It was literally a garden dreaming day for me. I slept most of the day.
The day before yesterday, we were able to get Jim’s new giant white fig in the ground and move one of the figs that has been here a few years into the same area. Our hope is to create a fig grove by Spring, instead of their being scattered around the property as they now are. We managed to also get the small flowered violas in the ground, but the pansies will have to wait another day. The honeybees have found the nursery containers so there is no hurry.
I did do some garden reading yesterday and that reminded me I had not posted my list of books for physically challenged gardeners.
The Able Gardener: Overcoming Barriers of Age and Physical Limitation by Kathleen Yeomans
The Enabling Garden: A Guide to Lifelong Gardening by Gene Rothert
Accessible Gardening for People with Physical disabilities by Gene R. Adil
Gardening Through Your Golden Years by James Wesley (Jim) Wilson
How To Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back by Ruth Stout
Gardening for a Lifetime: How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older by Sydney Eddison
Accessible Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Seniors and the Disabled by Joann Woy
The Nature Friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife and People by Marlene Condon
For V.I.P.s (visually impaired people) there is Garden Unseen by L. Stevens. It is only available in Braille and hard to find, but the book listed above by Joann Woy is comprehensive and includes visual impairment along with other physical challenges. Kathleen Yeomans also includes advice for VIPs. Woy’s and Wilson’s books may be helpful to those with invisible disabilities such as chronic fatigue.
If anyone knows of a book that should be added to this list, I would appreciate learning of it.
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