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In to see Kate this morning after making some soup and killing potato pests by hand and soapy water.\u00a0 Integrated pest management\u00a0 suggests hands-on management for small crops.\u00a0 It’s actually pretty straight-forward to keep pests in check if you inspect regularly.\u00a0 Like the plastic bags for the apples.\u00a0 The concept also allows that some leaves will get eaten, some plants will get lost, but that if you plan for these and don’t excited, you can keep pesticide use to a minimum.\u00a0 I haven’t used any for years.<\/p>\n
Companion plantings helps.\u00a0 Crop rotation helps.\u00a0 Regular surveillance helps. Replenishing soil nutrients helps. Every bit of positive input reduces the hold insects pests can get on your veggies.<\/p>\n
Kate’s color looked normal this morning even though her hemoglobin is still a little low.\u00a0 She’s ready to come home.\u00a0 Her nurse yesterday tried to get her to wear little footies with a sticky pattern on the bottom.\u00a0 Kate doesn’t like things on her feet.\u00a0 “You don’t want to wear them even though it’s illegal?”\u00a0 I knew who would win this contest.<\/p>\n
Back home for a nap, read a little, then got ready for Tai Chi.\u00a0 Kona had been injured in the morning, but I couldn’t find the problem.\u00a0 She held up her right front foot, which I checked carefully, finding nothing.\u00a0 Mark found the wound.\u00a0 It was a tear in her side just above the right shoulder.<\/p>\n
Uh oh.\u00a0 This is the kind of stuff Kate makes easy. So. I called her and asked her if she could come home.\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Well, I figured.\u00a0 Her advice though helped a lot.<\/p>\n
After a snappy, biting 10 minutes or so, I figured out how to do what needed to be done, Kona stood quietly and let me put a gauze pad on the wound and wrap it on with a sticky bandage.<\/p>\n
I missed the first hour of Tai Chi, but I made it for my class.\u00a0 Be patient with yourself.\u00a0 Relax.\u00a0 Trust the process.\u00a0 Cheryl, the teacher, is a calming influence in a learning curve that can be difficult.<\/p>\n
By the time I headed home I needed some comfort food.\u00a0 A peanut buster parfait later, I felt calmer myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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