MissS wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:00 pm Per Tormato, Tormahto, Gary

I turned 66, and feel closer to 96. The latest is that I "may" have walking pneumonia, nurses aren't sure. Hospitals, and their doctors and nurse practitioners (who would be able sign off on meds), don't want to see me, or my sneezing, as I'm without medical insurance. I have a persistent dry cough, that off and on sneezing, and very low energy, and no other symptoms. For now, they say to get rest (about a month), keep up with nutrition, and come back if anything gets worse.

Because I may be contagious until all symptoms disappear, I have to hold off on doing the swap, for now. The best thing for me would be to rest for close to a month. But, I know that I will cheat when I have a few days of very warm, very sunny, calm days, and attempt to pack some things outside. I'm also saddened that the small chocolate sample squares were starting to melt, indoors, here, on the one warm day. So, I will have to exclude those, this year.

So, participants will have to plan on their packages being for their next year's garden. As long as I'm alive and able, all packages will go out.

Also, I am now currently without home internet service. So, for the next month, I might be rarely online. Next week, I will attempt to PM MIssS all of the addresses for the participants in the EBTKS swap, if I am not able to do it myself.

Hopefully, someone can pass this info on to the TLC group.

Sometime next week is when I will, at the earliest, be back online.

MrBig46 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 5:12 am

MissS wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:00 pm Per Tormato, Tormahto, Gary

I turned 66, and feel closer to 96. The latest is that I "may" have walking pneumonia, nurses aren't sure. Hospitals, and their doctors and nurse practitioners (who would be able sign off on meds), don't want to see me, or my sneezing, as I'm without medical insurance. I have a persistent dry cough, that off and on sneezing, and very low energy, and no other symptoms. For now, they say to get rest (about a month), keep up with nutrition, and come back if anything gets worse.

Because I may be contagious until all symptoms disappear, I have to hold off on doing the swap, for now. The best thing for me would be to rest for close to a month. But, I know that I will cheat when I have a few days of very warm, very sunny, calm days, and attempt to pack some things outside. I'm also saddened that the small chocolate sample squares were starting to melt, indoors, here, on the one warm day. So, I will have to exclude those, this year.

So, participants will have to plan on their packages being for their next year's garden. As long as I'm alive and able, all packages will go out.

Also, I am now currently without home internet service. So, for the next month, I might be rarely online. Next week, I will attempt to PM MIssS all of the addresses for the participants in the EBTKS swap, if I am not able to do it myself.

Hopefully, someone can pass this info on to the TLC group.

Sometime next week is when I will, at the earliest, be back online.

I wish you a speedy recovery. This dry cough is a terrible disease. Right now, after a month, I finally feel like I've gotten rid of it. My wife is in worse shape, she lost 7 kg and is so weak that she's afraid to go out alone. We were treated with medications prescribed by the doctor (antibiotics, codeine, etc.) But it seems that my wife's disease is already receding, after a long time she's starting to eat.
Once again - get well soon..
Vladimír

midwestfarmwife wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 10:07 am Seeds for next year are fine with me. It has been a very cool and wet spring here in Ohio. The only thing up so far in my little greenhouse is 5 yellow straightneck squash and the tubs of greens - spinach, kale, etc. We had a freaky hail storm in April which made the greenhouse roof look like a piece of Swiss cheese! We had to replace the entire roof. The window frames are also broken which means new custom replacement windows. We always have a late garden anyway since the planting of corn, soybeans, and wheat comes first, and it turns out great with the help of garden mats with precut holes. After we lay all of that in in place, no weeding is necessary.