Posted on 03/01/2025 7:23:36 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Beau was nice enough to share his cold with me, but things I had planned for outdoors have to wait anyway because it's going to rain on and off all weekend. Good timing to be sick, actually. Hitting the Fire Cider, reading, movie stack, magazine stack, Chicken Soup, napping. :)
Get well!!!Feel better...April flowers are coming!
15 Forgotten Vegetables Medieval Farmers Grew That NEED to Come Back
You Tube Video & FR Thread, here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4307542/posts
Don’t forget to dose up a bit on your vitamins C, D3, zinc, and quercetin. Usually a few days of upping will help a lot. (I bet your Fire Cider has a good combo of those!)
I had a “bug” that took almost 4 weeks to clear (cough, hoarseness) in January & another similar bug in February so I can empathize. I made that 15 minute fire cider a couple of weeks ago & I do believe it helped clear the 2nd bug out - cough got better for sure. Feel better soon!
Cloudy & breezy here today, temp forecast to get to 79. Yesterday, I started cleaning the grill I bought off my cousin last summer - I don’t think it had EVER been cleaned by anyone (he inherited it from his grandfather). I soaked the grates overnight so they scrubbed up easily this morning. The drip tray is lined with foil & ready to go back in plus I finagled a grease ‘cup’ out of a small aluminum food prep pan since the original is missing. The outside surface is next, but there’s only so much I can do with it. I have 2 Ahi tuna steaks to make & the grill should be good to go by dinner.
Next: get chain & bar oil in the chainsaw & grease the sprocket in the bar tip. I have a huge sycamore branch to cut up & a large pine branch in the front yard.
Next: cut the back ‘field’ with Clyde. The rest of the grass is a bit short to mow yet. The weed trimmer will definitely be out today for around the mailbox & the septic tank lid. I will spray around the lid to keep the grass down, too - it was wild & wooly last year before I got my weed trimmer & I can’t get the mower close enough so I let it go ... not happening this year.
If I have time & haven’t worn myself out, I will hook the trailer to Little Red & haul stuff mom has been trimming off the fence. Today is another fire danger day, so no burning. I have been following news of a wildfire on/near the AT I used to maintain - not near houses or the road so I wonder how it started.
Off to deal with the chainsaw- I hope I haven’t gotten too fat to get into my chainsaw chaps!!
Skirret
Alexanders
Good King Henry
Salsify
Medlar
Chickweed
Scorzonera
Welsh Onions
Fat Hen
Lovage
Corn Salad
Tansy
Sea Kale
Woad
Turnips
I started myself on all of those ‘extras’ as soon as Beau started feeling sick.
I’m hoping it will at least lessen my symptoms. At least, for now, I can still breathe. ;)
Nice post, I make my own coleslaw too. I like it fresh and crunchy. I’ve been doing short posts, been pooped getting back up to steam outside.
And were able to enjoy your coffee looking out the window at the rain!
Thanks, Pete!
I haven’t been outside for a whole day of work since late Fall. Mostly got in only an hour or so on the pretty days. Now it’s starting to feel like real Spring. There was a lot to clean up.
Hubby has pretty much recuperated from his eye surgery in terms of normal activity. His work even required him to fly to a worksite this week. I know they are so relieved to have him back! He is beginning to drive again, so I think that helps him feel more like his old self, too.
It’s ok to go slow getting back into the swing of things. No need to risk new injuries.
Thank you! I had a hard time sorting through all of that. I’m unfamiliar with most all of those!
that was an EXCELLENT video!
I still use good old fashioned real Sudafed that you have to sign for at the pharmacy for congestion. I have allergies, and I have to take Sudafed when I fly, too. I’d have a had time living without that stuff. I only use it when I need it, but when I need it, I’m glad I can count on it.
Rest up and feel better!
Your posts always make me smile. I am a lazy bones compared to you! You inspire me to work harder!
Happy Spring!
Sorry you have a cold. Changing seasons can do that.
We’re in the middle of a wet rainy weekend. Had some icing but it looks like its melting already.
I’ve been out in the garden some. Uncovered half the asparagus bed to get a somewhat earlier crop and will uncover the rest later.
God some lettuce started and waiting to put them out. I still need to set up for the bucket potatoes and carrots, and will likely sow some turnip seeds after this cold snap. They’re about indestructible.
Onions I started are doing OK. I’ve been losing some and don’t know why.
I’m also going to try shallots.
There’s an herbal tea called Breathe Easy that used to contain ephedrine. Don’t know about it now, but wow!, does it work. AND it gives you energy. You should only drink it in the morning.
You’d have to check it out now as I haven’t brought it in years. Mr. mm won’t drink it and I can’t but it has nothing to do with how it affects me. I just react to almost everything and I found out long ago that weirdly, tea made me break out.
Doesn’t look like it contains ephedrine any more, and that’s a good thing!
https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Medicinals-Tea-Breathe-Easy/dp/B0000TZJW0/ref
If I get a stuffy nose at night, I use budesonide spray. That seems to keep me in check till the morning. I can’t take Sudafed at night. I’d be up the whole night! ;)
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