Sping is in full force here where we live, we are at almost 4,000 elevation so our planting time for spring is finished, now we wait for our harvest :-) we are growing several varieties of peas & lettuce, turnips, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, Swiss chard, fennel, leeks, spring onions, chives in our first 12'x12 raised bed - in the second same size bed we planted Elephant garlic, garlic, shallots, white, red,sweet & Walla Walla onions kohlrabi, red & green cabbage, Green Arrow, Sugar Snap & Oregon Sugar Pod peas, Chinese cabbage, Bulls Blood beets. 

I love gardening with my husband! It helps me get out and stay as active as I can anyway. I can't kneel so my husband helps me when we need to get close - he can only do so much too because he's had 5 low back surgeries and is in constant pain too. This is where raised beds come in very handy and we planted everything from seed. 

Check out Lasagna gardening - there is no rotilling to do - just layer newspapers, cardboard, compost from the kitchen (veg & fruit scraps, egg shells, coffee grounds and such but no meat or bone) and manure - do this when your summer garden is finished and keep piling over winter until spring. Then just poke holes in and plant. You will have super healthy soil and lots of earthworms!

That's the good part, the hard part is that I've had 4 migraines since Christmas. I've been feeling especially sick which is making my Fibromyalgia flare up terribly. Some days Mark cannot even wake me up during the day because of Chronic Fatigue. I still have problems with irritable bowel which usually lasts a 2-3 days at a time - irritable bladder is frustrating because when it comes on I have to be near a toilet or else! I can't tell you how many times I've lost it and didn't make it to the toilet on time, this is more of an inconvenience though since it doesn't cause pain. I went to the Dr. last month to talk to him and I'm not sure where I read or heard it but I wanted to know my body pH - he was wondering what made he ask - the only thing I can say is it had to be the Lord! Turns out, my pH is 5.5 which is way to acidic and it should be 7-

7.35. My Dr. suggested that I cut out or eat little meat and eat lots of fruits and veggies, I've also go online and found lists for alkaline foods so I'm really tring to change the way I eat so I can get back to normal - I sure do miss coffee!!! I'm hoping I'll feel better and that getting my body back to a normal state might change the way I feel, that my migraines will stop - that I will not surcome to Chronic Fatigue and that Fibromyalgia symptoms will lessen or go away - just hoping.