Posted on 03/19/2022 7:58:55 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Not sure about a substitute for raw tomatoes, but for cooked tomatoes it’s possible that Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina) might work. When young they can be eaten like summer squash, but when mature the pulp inside turns red and tastes a lot like tomato paste.
I just looked up the symptoms for adrenal fatigue. That describes how I’ve been my whole life :/
We have quite a few Praying Mantis in residence, actually! That explains the lack of grasshoppers - thank goodness! :)
Awesome- Thank You! i will check that out- can make alternative spaghetti sauce possibly- that woudl be great-
I haven’t seen a Walking Stick in ages. I’m sure they’re around - just Master Level when it comes to camouflage. ;)
here’s a list of 75 possible side effects- many of which are likely to be common- some not so common- many related to lack of strength and energy and stamina- problem is they are similar to symptoms of things like Chronic Fatigue, Fibromylagia, Glucose Storage disease, etc- so it’s hard to know what’s going on especially if common tests don’t show issues-
The problem is, finding a medical doctor who will actually believe this exists and is willing to treat it.
DHEA and/or Holy Basil for fatigue
The Walking Stick I saw was above a spigot on the house siding. A very convenient place for me to see him on the house siding. The Praying Mantis was sunning himself on a gate and also easy to find. He was huge and the Stick was much smaller. Both very cool!
😁
Been chipping away at the greenhouse project, and have it mostly completed. I need to put some sheet metal on the outside along the bottom to protect the poly panels from the weed whacker, install the gutter and downspout, and get some gravel down on the floor. Sometime before next fall I'll get the planter boxes built and filled up with nice fluffy dirt.
My seeds arrived from Jung's mid-week, as did the heating mats and temperature controller from Amazon. Air temp was 40° when I went out to check things this morning, and the soil temp in the starter cells was sitting on 65°. I've got the thermostat set on 75°, so it looks like even with the 1" foam board that I installed on the bottom side of the shelves, the mats aren't going to keep up without some help. It's probably good enough for now, but I think I'll need to put a radiant heater of some sort in there for the winter.
I had just enough potting soil on hand to fill the starter cells. The local nursery opens for retail sales tomorrow, so I'll swing by there after work and pick up some more. If they have tomato plants in the varieties that I want I'll go ahead and grab those while I'm there.
And the fish are biting now too. I caught and caged enough bluegills today to feed half a dozen people. Haven't seen any of my yellow perch yet, but I'll try again tomorrow.
True- even the local ‘specialists’ don’t do deep dive testing- because like sometimes, a person can be just barely below a certain threshold on a test, but still due to other conditions present, can be hit really hard by an issue that others woudl just breeze through with no problem-
Don’t try to do something complicated while you are not feeling well. Now is the time to do simple scarfs or shawls, or maybe use up some odds and ends of yarn for assorted granny squares, and end up with a small afghan to stay warm with while you heal. I strained my knew while crawling out a small windo to work on my porch roof. It took a year to heal with no more pain, and I started taking a lot of those joint supplements which helped.
Thanks for the advice! The knee is making progress by the day :-)
I read somewhere the Guinea Fowl like to eat ticks, so if you can keep chickens, you can probably keep guineas, and eat their eggs too. Here is a link to a full Google page:
I am 83 now, but about 50 years ago I felt myself becoming less healthy as I cared for my first son who had severe colic and rarely slept. I finally was introduced to Adelle Davis’s book Let’s Eat Right to Keep Fit, and started the path to better health. Also read her other books: Let’s Get Well (more technical), Let’s Have Healthy Children, Let’s Cook It Right. No doubt can be found on ebay or Amazon.
Here is another article about Guinea Fowl and raising them with chickens and other fowl. Lots of comments from fowl owners.
https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/guinea-fowl-with-chickens/
We are also in the heart of farmland so I purchase:
sweet corn
squash (except for one summer squash plant)
bell peppers
cabbage
cauli
I’m hoping to grow fennel this year.
Also good time of the year to start forcing forsythia, pussy willows, etc
I see more people,raisingmthem around us. They don’t pen them up, and they seem to stick around well. I read they are terribly,noisy though, so keep,that in mind if you are someone who needs lotsof of rest. Even chi Ken though eat ticks, but the guinni foul likely do a better job. The foul are I guess very territorial too, so they might keep down on garden pests too, I dunno?
WOW! The greenhouse looks great, and I can taste those fish from here!
A stocked pond - what a DREAM that would be! :) The only place we have water (a small creek) is down in the pasture - and the cows are always mucking about in that all summer. :(
Peppers are up, tomatoes are started. I am moving more lettuces to the greenhouse today and starting snap peas and Sweet Peas (flowers) and some Calendula, inside. I was going to wash the kitchen floor, but with the upcoming week of mud - forget it!
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