Some times there is a silver lining behind dark clouds; after spending many hours on my knees weeding this past weekend, my ankle problems, which now seems to be connected to the bad knee, is the best it has been for four months. Not painless but I no longer hobble when ever I stand up.
Doctors are great things, some times, but as I have seen a specialist with the ankle twice and got a , near literally -- your guess is as good as mine -- response.
At the same time spending hours in an odd position, loosens and developes muscles not used sitting on one's buttocks playing with a lap top.
I generally go out in the heat of the day as that is the ONLY way you can get your body to adapt to it.
Potatoes plants look to be thriving now; if the spuds are as good as the plants , it will be a good yield this year.
Corn is over knee high down South and up North is now armpit high.
Taking aluminum cans in today as they are now .45 cets a pound and I have no room to put them any more.
