Photo is of my propagator that I've just sown tomato seeds in. I spread the whole process over at least a week, if not more. I broke it into the smallest steps possible, e.g. step 1 find the propagator, step 2 clean it, step 3 bring it inside and put on bedroom windowsill etc. I just did one step a day and the final one today was sowing the seeds at last. I could have done it all in one go relatively easily but it would have been a big job and I would have had to rest after. This way it fitted in easily around other tasks. I'm please that I've achieved this. Today I've also put my seed potatoes in a tray to chit. Of course this is the easy bit. Getting things planted out and then looking after them all may or may not happen! Now I've got to try not to get too carried away with buying seeds!
Extreme pacing or just being sensible?: Photo is of... - PMRGCAuk
Extreme pacing or just being sensible?
Excellent!!! And well done for not giving in to temptation 
Now sit back and watch them germinate and dream of the sunny days ahead and tasty tomatoes. I always think anticipation is one of the best parts of gardening!
You're ahead of me, I have the seed, but yet to do anything with it!
It is quite early still isn't it.
I usually like to start sowing in February, just to get the year started. It's never to early to dream!
It's about now I get the urge to start buying seeds, there's something in the air isn't there? Even when I was fully fit I'd buy seeds that I never got round to sowing
Bulbs are the worst, they take more effort to plant, and I've got two small fruit trees that were too good a bargain to miss. OH doesn't feel the same need.
My husband will do the things I don't have the strength to do, under my supervision, as long as it's not too much or too often. I'm trying to find ways of doing stuff that are within my limits and not get too carried away.
Same here.
My husband got a man to help me (really him ) with the yard work. Best thing we've ever done. Since I've been sick our yard looks fantastic. A real blessing for me as I'm a gardener. 🌿🍅
I'm guilty of that too. Seeds and bulbs sit in cupboard till they are too old to use. Not all of them, but I do waste a lot tut tut. Good on you for pacing your first gardening this year. Now sit back and dream of your lovely tomatoes
I'm glad I'm not the only one!
Well done you, on getting organised early and doing things sensibly.
Remember you don’t have to plant out all on same day either - staggered may be better for harvesting!
The greenhouse needs quite a bit doing to it before I can plant anything. My son in law has two ducks and a chicken in there, the soil needs quite a bit of work on it, it's still quite compacted from when the chickens were there during the bird flu outbreak. The glass needs cleaning too. I can't do any of that so I'm hoping I'll be able to persuade other family members to help.
I’m sure you will!
I am very impressed - well done you!
Great. Well done. Can't beat your own toms! Better than those tasteless bullets from the shops.
Mine have germinated. Just got to slow them down a bit now!
I still have tomatoes from last year in the garden (not in a greenhouse). Shows how mild the winter has been, only one hard frost which damaged the foliage, but the toms are still there, bravely turning red in the weak sunshine. I don’t have the heart (or energy) to yank them out just yet!
Hi. That's amazing! They will carry on growing like a perennial if you leave them.
Will they? And continue to fruit?
They’ll not get the chance though, the space they’re in is designated for a ‘Bee Bomb’ this year.
If an Indeterminate variety there's a good chance of new flowers & fruit!
You could be on your way to introducing a new tough variety & a fortune!!!
Well done with the "Bee Bomb". Bees are really struggling for pollen! So many sterile plants in gardens now & that's adding to the chemical hit +disease!
Insects in general are declining rapidly! I never use chemicals, just mix my plants and rotate their positions. I try old methods of mixing plants, such as my garlic growing at the base of my roses, not an aphid in site. Calendula is also helpful warding off undesirable predators.
These particular tomatoes self seeded from the compost heap! They grew strongly despite me ignoring them! Eventually I tied them up and weeded out 50%. Maybe I shall keep a few at one end, they’re obviously a determined bunch!
I did keep one going in the conservatory one year. I didn't really produce any fruit earlier than the ones I grew from seed though. I suspect daylight length, and strength, are a factor where we live though
Yes. Agree. Always worth the experiment though!!
Snap from south coast of UK. I have put my potatoes to chit and sowed my tomatoes and sweet peas and placed them in cabin in garden, kept warm by small swimming pool. It is first year for us after we constructed raised beds....or rather due to PMR, I watched others construct raised beds.
I think small projects help the positive mind to combat some of the Pred / PMR side effects.
Now we just need spring weather to continue.
Valerie
It is cold and cloudy here. I am jealous of your planting. I am several months behind you all.
We are trying to give the plants an early start here bunny! We have such a short growing season for the toms.
Hi Louise,
Let me just say how much your post here has helped me. I'm 53 and got PMR three months ago. About a month ago I got my first hard lesson in what my new body can and cannot do when I did some simple gardening for two hours one day, and then my legs barely worked for days.
Just hearing about other people's experiences like yours with this disease make me feel I am not alone. I hope you're at least a little better now, four years later. But thanks for sharing your experiences and the need for pacing activities. I'm still learning how to do that. 😀
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