03/11/2024
Big update!
This is my growing space right now. 🫣 It's a shameful mess.
Let me tell you how I got here...without a growroom spring of 2024.
2023 was filled with chronic back pain.
The end of the season was filled with nights of tears because the pain in my back was just too much: too much to hide, too much to sleep through, I was non-functioning but too proud to admit it.
The people closest to me didn't know the full extent. If I ignored it, it would go away right? I was trying so hard to be strong and tough that I didn't see how much it was impacting every moment of every day. I didn't want to be defeated by my pain, it felt like failure.
My chiropractor finally said it was beyond what she could do to help, that I needed to see a physical therapist to address the root of the problem. The PT asked for a number for my pain, I said it was at a 7. I was constantly hitting my pain ceiling. 🙀 It makes me uncomfortable to even remember this point last fall. I avoided sitting all day and could hardly sit through a meal.
My first PT appointment I cried for an hour, it was so healing to talk about the pain and listen to her describe the wide-reaching impact of chronic pain. She put me on 2 months of rest and breathing exercises. BREATHING?! 💨 Talk about going back to the basics! Farming is hard work, I needed to get "fit" over winter to be ready for the manual labor by spring.👩🏼🌾🏃♀️ How could I take a month off? But I agreed to hold back and focus on the basics. A couple weeks into it, my pain dropped to a 2 and mostly stayed there as long as I didn't overdo it.🤦🏼♀️
Here we are 3 months and many trips to the chiropractor later and I'm still having chronic back pain problems... but I'm not at a 7. I'm at a 2-3. This spring, we decided something had to give, and starting seedlings wasn't something my back could handle.
I need to be functional for May so overdoing it in April wasn't an option.
Being an injured dreamer isn't easy. Depending on my husband and his schedule for every big heavy-lifting project means a lot of the timing is out of my hands. I'm so thankful for the kind of man my husband is, always willing to help.
Witb all that said, this spring looks a little different outside, and inside is different too.
🏵🌷🌻We'll still have many beautiful flowers to offer this season but our annuals will be limited. There are still a lot of dreams for the farm but right now they've been set aside for an extended season of healing.
🌲🌳 We DO plan to order some wholesale plants this spring, the more people are interested. The less shipping costs per item! 🌾🌿🌱
I've had friends ask what they can do to help. You're thoughts and prayers are always appreciated! I'm pretty functional in the home these days, and I'm so thankful for that! 🙏
There are some big exciting plans coming this spring, please keep checking for updates!
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