Hey, Guys!
Been all over the place, mostly dealing with a life issue in this past year. I have a young niece (38) who was diagnosed (in April) with a Desmoid Tumor in her abdomen. Only 900 out of 1 million people per year get this. Very rare. She's only as big as Halley Berry, and looked 4 months pregnant, cause this thing was occupying most of her abdominal space. Very agressive, invasive. M.D. Anderson classified it as a malignant tumor, and attacked it just as aggressively with chemo.
My niece has two-year-old twin girls (June 18th), and a 7-year-old daughter. Her husband, mother, and I were the primary caregivers during these last months, so, the last thing on my mind was a spring/summer garden. I was at her home more than my own.
She's outta the water right now. The tumor shrank tremendously, from 16cm to 3.4x5cm, and went down even more after chemo was over. Lolita took 8 rounds of very powerful stuff, but, she was a total trooper, and an inspiration to everyone who knows her.
The surgeon WISELY decided to not go in to try to remove this thing, because she couldn't see behind or around it. Not knowing how and/or what other organs it might be attached to made that too risky. She WISELY decided not to compromise Lolita's quality of life by going in blind. I am VERY GRATEFUL for that surgeon. The surgical review board decided to do nothing at this point, since she's in a good place. They'll continue to monitor the tumor for any changes, and if anything does change, they'll decide where to go from there. I continue to be prayerful regarding her total and complete healing...
I just got around to my garden again at the end of August. I'm in full swing now, with a cole crop that will mature in the next 6-8 weeks. I have cabbages, beets, a gazillion collards, broccoli that's making buttons, and flats of onions, buttercrunch lettuce, and more collards (my family LOVES collards) for transplanting, when a space opens up. Unfortunately, our weather has been SOOOOOOOOOO warm, that everything is behind schedule. I've been praying for a consistent cold spell, so this crop can be outta the way before it's time to start the next crop, LOL.
I'm also praying to get tomatoes and peppers sowed on December 20th, inside under lights, for transplanting out the weekends of February 7th & 14th.
I'm doing a LOT of praying, LOL!
Hope you found some seeds you like on Luke's website. He does really nice videos, and is currently video graphing building a grow room in his new home.
Hugs!
