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Ducks ALIVE in 2025!
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I also harvested garlic scapes. When I researched about storage I really liked the idea of freezing "for up to a year," so I snapped off the tough stalks, labelled the ziploc bag and they are now in the porch freezer.
I will get to them at some point.
I will get to them at some point.
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Good for you! Looks yummy!
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I decided that I shouldn't have a pity party about my bad knee and I celebrate ANY garden victories! 
Next year I will be a LOT more mobile.
I went to the Cruise's gym 3x with DD and both DD's and are a back on MWF 5:30AM gym workouts, with other exercises that use the same muscles but don't need a machine on the off days.
I find that the eliptical can make your legs wonky after a workout, and I DO have to drive home.
So, I do stretching that resembles gardening and reaching in my garden seat and other stretching, mostly watching DVR programs and on my bed. I can hold these extreme stretches for 5 minutes at a time but not where I would stand and the left knee might fail me.
There will be time for this later in the year.
I encourage ANYBODY who has an opportunity to get a necessary knee surgery to do this.
It is DIScouraging to do preop exercises.
You think, "why bother?!?!?"
But I discovered that the exercises make you stronger and your recovery is better.
I have spoken to a great many people about my surgery and compared their experiences.
I talked to a woman who has been taking knee injections and has cancelled 3 knee surgeries. She said that some man that she knew had terrible pain post surgery.
I showed her my scar, which is healing very well, and told her that my experience wasn't like that.
ALSO, I spoke to a man a know who will be getting his knee surgeries soon.
He said that he has been advised by friends to get both knees done at the same time.
I asked him is he was an athlete.
He said, no, and I said ONLY AN ATHLETE can handle post surgery, 2 knees.
You hold stretch and muscle tone for months, and that's why.
You cannot be mobile without your knees, like you can be with a shoulder surgery.
I suggested space them apart by about 4 months.
I reminded myself that the dr's all told me it takes one full year to recover, which means that the bones will be set AND the muscles will have a very hard time stretching in my right knee after Halloween, 2025, 1 year anniversary.
So, I continue to stretch my right knee and work on fully straight.
The Worst stretch has been the outside knee muscles that enable you to rest your heel on the other leg, for my right leg. I have made progress and I can NOW put my foot up and put on a sock and shoe.
SOUNDS SIMPLE, but stretching needs to be a daily exercise or you lose it.
Thesis over...
Next year I will be a LOT more mobile.
I went to the Cruise's gym 3x with DD and both DD's and are a back on MWF 5:30AM gym workouts, with other exercises that use the same muscles but don't need a machine on the off days.
I find that the eliptical can make your legs wonky after a workout, and I DO have to drive home.
So, I do stretching that resembles gardening and reaching in my garden seat and other stretching, mostly watching DVR programs and on my bed. I can hold these extreme stretches for 5 minutes at a time but not where I would stand and the left knee might fail me.
There will be time for this later in the year.
I encourage ANYBODY who has an opportunity to get a necessary knee surgery to do this.
It is DIScouraging to do preop exercises.
You think, "why bother?!?!?"
But I discovered that the exercises make you stronger and your recovery is better.
I have spoken to a great many people about my surgery and compared their experiences.
I talked to a woman who has been taking knee injections and has cancelled 3 knee surgeries. She said that some man that she knew had terrible pain post surgery.
I showed her my scar, which is healing very well, and told her that my experience wasn't like that.
ALSO, I spoke to a man a know who will be getting his knee surgeries soon.
He said that he has been advised by friends to get both knees done at the same time.
I asked him is he was an athlete.
He said, no, and I said ONLY AN ATHLETE can handle post surgery, 2 knees.
You hold stretch and muscle tone for months, and that's why.
You cannot be mobile without your knees, like you can be with a shoulder surgery.
I suggested space them apart by about 4 months.
I reminded myself that the dr's all told me it takes one full year to recover, which means that the bones will be set AND the muscles will have a very hard time stretching in my right knee after Halloween, 2025, 1 year anniversary.
So, I continue to stretch my right knee and work on fully straight.
The Worst stretch has been the outside knee muscles that enable you to rest your heel on the other leg, for my right leg. I have made progress and I can NOW put my foot up and put on a sock and shoe.
SOUNDS SIMPLE, but stretching needs to be a daily exercise or you lose it.
Thesis over...
