There’s a big gap between being disabled and being abled. When I first started this adventure, I balked at calling myself The Disabled Gardener. But I’m not disabled, I protested. My daughter asked, “Mom, are you able to do the gardening the way you used to? Then you’re disabled.” She was right. Luckily, I still …
Having just had knee replacement surgery, I was unprepared for another surgery so soon! But life gives us answers we don’t want sometimes, and this past week (birthday week by the way), I spent in the hospital having an emergency appendectomy. Your pain is not real! Have you ever had laparoscopic surgery? A lot of …
Today (Monday, Dec 20) I go in for a total knee replacement surgery and I’m questioning that decision. What questions should I have asked that I didn’t? Maybe I don’t really need this? Maybe my life would’ve been fine without it? I’ll never know because it’s 5 AM and I’m at the hospital, reporting for …
Is arthritis causing you food security anxiety? What if I can’t feed myself? My family? My community? These are realities most in this generation have never experienced. But lately, pandemics, shortages, and world events, all contribute to feelings of panic. In the last few years, going to our jobs to produce money for food and …
You’ve now got your compelling reason for fitness. Mine is the desire to get through gardening season without becoming injured and to get stronger each year. You’ve decided where you’ll workout and if it’ll be DIY or a commute, and if at home, you’ve prepared your space. I’ve chosen to work from home and prepared …
You’ve now got your compelling reason for fitness. Mine is the desire to get through gardening season without becoming injured and to get stronger each year. You’ve decided where you’ll workout and if it’ll be DIY or a commute, and if at home, you’ve prepared your space. I’ve chosen to work from home and prepared …
You’ve now got your compelling reason for fitness. Mine is the desire to get through gardening season without becoming injured and to get stronger each year. You’ve decided where you’ll workout and if it’ll be DIY or a commute, and if at home, you’ve prepared your space. I’ve chosen to work from home and prepared …
Step 1 was all about finding your why. My compelling reason is the desire to be strong enough for gardening the whole season without injury and to get stronger each year. So where do you start? Decide where you’re going to do your exercises. You know yourself and your habits the best. Will you be …
Step 1 – Why Find your compelling reason Step 2 – Where Make a place in your home or decide on a gym outside your home Step 3 – What Choose your program You should decide if you want to DIY your program or follow someone else’s program. Your main program should focus on a …
I’ve toyed with this idea for a few years, and I think it’s time has come. As we wind down our gardening year, more time is spent indoors, contemplating, planning, dreaming, and drooling over seed catalogs. Creating beautiful new spaces for the next gardening season, our off-season has us exercising our brains a lot more …