elainegrey

I wanted to use my flame weeder Sunday, but only had a small window before the winds kicked in. I did get the drive done. Goal with flame weeder was specifically to make sure the whole width of the drive is used as opposed to letting the edges go to tough weeds. Use an herbicide, was the general advice, but flaming it seems slightly less of a negative impact. Everything dried out with the low humidity. Yesterday we had a significant rain so went out with the flame weeder and was able to flash the stiltgrass coming up in mulches and other places in the veggie garden.

Also over last weekend i built a lovely blackberry trellis. I don't know if the blackberries would have survived Sunday morning's 27°F frosts better on the ground or not. The frost hit the mulberry leaves and pawpaw flower buds on the one grafted pawpaw. (The seedling pawpaws are taking their good time to develop branches.) I wasn't expecting 27°F so i didn't cover the blueberries - the early flowers are definitely going to have been damaged.

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I have moderate sleep apnea, apparently. I am going to have nasal surgery sometime this summer or fall so it's likely that will be an improvement. And i could loose weight, which - maybe this will be motivation? But the real issue with weight loss is stress eating or possibly ADHD self-medication with sugar and salt. We discussed getting a mouth brace, which the doctor thought would be about half the cost of a CPAP. My first thought was that would be a way to bridge now to surgery and give weight loss a chance. But, no, the mouth braces aren't appropriate for someone with TMD (jaw issues).



I took yesterday as a mental health day. Just had not been focusing on priorities at work. Family stuff was heavy. So slept in, had a spring tonic breakfast, took a long bath with music and strawberries and grapes and a gardening book i didn't pay that much attention to. Doctor's visit followed by visiting the the farm store where i picked up more t-posts and lettuces that aren't THAT much smaller than some of the sad romaine i've seen in the grocery. (With rabbits excluded, i think i can get those big enough for eating and recover the cost of the plants.) Home where, after the rain stopped, i did the flame weeding. Walked around looking at plants and trees. Watched a couple episodes of Loki, which -- ok, interesting premise -- and dinner and an episode of The Book of Boba Fett, which we are enjoying, bed.

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I do think treating the sleep apnea might be something that helps me in ways i don't anticipate. The brain fog i've muttered to myself for years, which i had only recently decided was a cognitive distortion (looking back at when i had been stressed and thinking of that as a sharper more effective time) -- that could be lack of sleep. It's nice to think i could fix it.