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Feb. 17th, 2015 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Mungo tells me Montreal was 19 degrees colder than the North Pole today. Celsius degrees. This has not changed his plan to spend the weekend at a friend's family's cabin and learn to snowmobile.
I spent the afternoon moving rocks from the truck all over the yard. Medium-sized rocks: I carried them mostly three at a time, and made 33 trips. Upcoming surgery, my brain said, probably should get those rocks out of the way now, since you won't be able to carry things for a little while after. You know what else upcoming surgery means? No ibuprofen. My back is really angry with my brain right now.
I spent the afternoon moving rocks from the truck all over the yard. Medium-sized rocks: I carried them mostly three at a time, and made 33 trips. Upcoming surgery, my brain said, probably should get those rocks out of the way now, since you won't be able to carry things for a little while after. You know what else upcoming surgery means? No ibuprofen. My back is really angry with my brain right now.
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Date: 2015-02-18 03:13 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-02-18 03:49 am (UTC)Nuke sand/rice packs and cover yourself with them?
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Date: 2015-02-18 04:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-18 05:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-18 03:54 pm (UTC)(Can your back have Aleve (Naproxen sodium)?
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Date: 2015-02-19 06:24 am (UTC)Fraser would applaud young Mungo's sturdy character. Either of the Rays would likely declare them both deranged.
Um, may I ask why you were dotting rocks all over your yard? Also, owww! Heat sounds like a good plan. O_o
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Date: 2015-02-19 04:41 pm (UTC)No, just kidding.
I like to put big rocks around everything I plant, for two reasons: First, this is a harsh climate for gardens. Dry, windy, and always very variable. This February we've had several 70-degree days and snowstorms. One year we got 12 of our annual 14 inches of rain in one day. Rocks are very good mulch. They keep the soil temperature cooler and more stable, they reduce evaporation, and they suppress competing plants.
Second, my neighbor feeds feral cats. Their yard is very tidy, and mine is very not, so the ferals like to hang out in my yard. I don't mind providing shelter and water, but I would rather not provide litter boxes, so any soil I turn, I cover with something.
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Date: 2015-02-20 12:27 am (UTC)I am so sorry for your discomfort, and I am wishing Mungo safe from frostbite.