My husband tilled our entire yard last weekend so we could reseed. I'm with you in that just WATCHING him do the tilling made me hurt! We planted 12 knockout rose bushes and added 3 more daylilies to our flower bed and I am seriously paying for it! I hope your veggies come up nicely for ya...and that you don't pay too much for the work you did do. :o)

I'm terribly behind in so many chores around my house. I fear for the time when I truly can't take care of it anymore, yet the idea of selling my house, trying to find a new one and moving seems just insurmountable. I feel stuck in many ways. The "One Day At A Time" method is my only recourse. I just hold out for the time when my illness will ebb a bit and I can have a bit of life.

I have been working in my little memorial garden but it is taking me such a long time. One day of doing any yard work then I'm in pain and bedridden for a week. The last two days have been rough, I've been so depressed and crying. I just want to be normal again.

Hope your garden does well for you.

Gardening is one of the things that makes me happy, so I'm fighting to keep doing it, too.

Though I gave up lawn mowing! Last year, I mumbled a lot of excuses to a neighbor who asked about the lawn (allergies, health issues, we're thinking of hiring someone) and this year, she sent another neighbor by first thing this spring to volunteer to mow the 1/4 acre lawn for a pretty reasonable fee. Since mowing the lawn on my own is enough to leave me totally incapacitated for a week, I accepted, and now I can spend my limited outdoor-energy on the things I want to do (like taking care of my "bird garden," which is designed to encourage birds to come to the feeders near my window, so I can appreciate them when I need to be inside).

I feel my best when I'm out in my flower beds. Like you OS, we planted 6 knockout rose bushes and they're doing great. Lets see what happens in West Texas summer.

I got out yesterday to weed. I have to do it about once every month or two. I'm fine once I get out there. It gives me quiet time. I've grown to feel much better while I'm doing it. I feel productive I guess.

The next day is a different story. Sometimes so stiff (arthritis) it's hard to move around much, and other times when I feel ok.

Sprawling, I hope you enjoy watching your garden grow!!

I have a garden also, of course the rest of the family does the work but I like to cook at times. Just the idea of being normal makes it all worth it.

should say my husband has planted a garden and has planted a heart shaped flower garden for the last 5 or 6 years now.both of them turn out beautiful and are so producitive.he gets such good compliments about his garden.people in our little city knows us as the man with the most beautiful garden and flowers.they tell us they make a special trip by our house just so they can enjoy seeing them.since we dont have money,we share the foods from the garden with people in our community.maddie.

That's awesome Maddies!!

I only have a tiny little space to garden which is fine because I can barely keep that weeded and watered.

It is all worth whatever pain it brings because one small flower can bring so much joy.

Today I went out with my buddy and got the veggie plants and manure. I told my friend I needed to rest for a couple of hours before we plant. Needles to say a half hour goes by there's my friend in my hallway asking if I was ready to plant. So much for resting. Just dragged my self out while my friend dug the holes. I think I purchased way to many things for maybe a 12'x6' area. That's a guessing estimate of the plot size.

If everything grows it'll look more like a jungle than a garden. I even had to stick some of the plants in planters since I ran out of room. For $50 or so it should produce more than that in food. Plus the fact it gives me pleasure to see the grow.

Now what's the odds I won't get the payback pain? As I lay here writing the pain is creeping forward. I'm not sure about most of you, but the more things you do in a day the worse you sleep at night.

All in all I'm so happy! I've got a garden! I've got a garden!

I am so proud for you Sprawling! I LOVE gardening and finally at last got my garden planted. Like you I paid dearly for it, but it sure was worth it to see that I finally got to do something. Today is the fourth day of severe pain but I know in a few weeks i'll have good fresh food to eat.

Sprawling, I so happy for you that you got your little garden planted. If you planted too much you can just thin it out to give more room.

You got me itching to put some tomatoes and peppers in planters. I can't believe it's going to be June by the end of the week.