tomatoes and crackers

We got the tomatoes in.  If they all grow successfully, we'll be loaded.  We planted more than twenty plants in three rows, and we're going to use the Florida Weave method to stake them.  This lets us plant them closer together yet have room to work with the vines as they grow.

I'm not sure what's going on, but every time we have a big work day in the garden, I can't sleep at night because my legs ache so much.  I was up until 3am last night and then woke up at 6-something this morning to get going on the morning chores.  This sort of exhaustion can take me to the bad place pretty quickly.

I meant to share this photo last week.  Because E really enjoyed her cooking class at the rec center and did more complicated cooking there than she normally does at our house, we realized that she could do more in our kitchen if she wasn't always perched on a stool.  D built her a table/butcher block for the middle of the kitchen -- at just the right height for her.  This is a picture from our last cracker-making adventure.  It worked perfectly and gave her much more control.

I have lots more to say, but I'm too exhausted to write more.  I better just cave in and go rest and let her watch cartoons.  Me = bad mother.

Comments

[thesandwichlife]

You=Great Mother

rest.....

[Taylor]

You aren't a bad mother.

I have an oil blend that might help your legs...

[cathy]

What's in your blend, Taylor?

In my wrists and arms, I feel some relief from a beeswax/olive oil blend with arnica, calendula, pine, and laveder.

My legs just don't respond to this. I'm wondering about something internal to take that will soothe where the muscles attach to the bone. It's such a deep pain.

[Sarah Head]

One of my workshop students has reported good results for over-active muscle aches with a fresh comfrey double infused oil we made at the workshop. I'd blend it with SJW in case there is any nerve involvement and add a couple of drops of rosemary essential oil to the mix. You could use this as a massage oil blend after a soothing bath before bed and add some to the bath water or thicken with grated beeswax - 1oz to 8 fluid ozs of oil mix.