Well 2022 ended with me in the middle of moving house due to separation, but Jan 2023 ended with me in the new house, and with a good size garden in need of TLC and then some! My last house had no trees. This has conifer hedges, a 6m bay tree and a few who-knows-what. Oh, and more blackbirds than you can shake a stick at! Looking forward to days getting longer and sun getting warmer to get stuck in.
Ideally, I guess for the first year I'll try not to do to much and see what the garden does by itself, but I also expect I'll be on this forum quite a bit for advice and inspiration!
@Lizzie27 vertigo is horrible. First time I had it, I got out of bed and next thing I knew I was flat on my back on the bed again. I was fortunate though that it only affected me in one plane. I could look left and right as long as I moved my head slowly, but couldn't look up or down unless I moved my head very, very slowly. That lasted 2 or 3 weeks. When it happened again there was a new young doctor at our surgery who asked if I was game to try a new technique. He had me laid on my side and then he rapidly moved my head in different directions, one at a time, with a pause in between. I felt extremely sick while that was happening but I've had no recurrence. I do have to take care not to move my head too quickly in any direction or I do go a bit dizzy, but the technique certainly worked on me.
My RTBC today is that I no longer need to turn on the floodlights when I go out to do barn chores in the morning or at night - hooray for longer days! Of course, daylight saving will ruin it for a short time, but still...
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I totally agree with you @KT53, vertigo is horrible and I've now had it 2 or 3 times. The first time it happened, I fell over 3 times, toppling out of my recliner, hitting my head on the coffee table (which didn't help!) and landing on the floor, very surprised. The head turning procedure is called the 'Epley Manoeuvre' which you can read about and watch on the internet. I've taught my OH how to help me with it. You do have to be very slow and careful doing it.
@Lizzie27 vertigo is horrible. First time I had it, I got out of bed and next thing I knew I was flat on my back on the bed again. I was fortunate though that it only affected me in one plane. I could look left and right as long as I moved my head slowly, but couldn't look up or down unless I moved my head very, very slowly. That lasted 2 or 3 weeks. When it happened again there was a new young doctor at our surgery who asked if I was game to try a new technique. He had me laid on my side and then he rapidly moved my head in different directions, one at a time, with a pause in between. I felt extremely sick while that was happening but I've had no recurrence. I do have to take care not to move my head too quickly in any direction or I do go a bit dizzy, but the technique certainly worked on me.
Have you heard about the theory that some gentle pressure on the "third eye" can help reduce the dizziness? Also I found that wearing travel sickness bands on both wrists helped too.
I totally agree with you @KT53, vertigo is horrible and I've now had it 2 or 3 times. The first time it happened, I fell over 3 times, toppling out of my recliner, hitting my head on the coffee table (which didn't help!) and landing on the floor, very surprised. The head turning procedure is called the 'Epley Manoeuvre' which you can read about and watch on the internet. I've taught my OH how to help me with it. You do have to be very slow and careful doing it.
Hopefully I'm now ok for a bit.
The 'Epley Manoeuvre' was not a pleasant experience, but I haven't had any major episodes of vertigo since, so worth the short term 'suffering'.
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Ideally, I guess for the first year I'll try not to do to much and see what the garden does by itself, but I also expect I'll be on this forum quite a bit for advice and inspiration!
The first time it happened, I fell over 3 times, toppling out of my recliner, hitting my head on the coffee table (which didn't help!) and landing on the floor, very surprised.
The head turning procedure is called the 'Epley Manoeuvre' which you can read about and watch on the internet. I've taught my OH how to help me with it. You do have to be very slow and careful doing it.
Hopefully I'm now ok for a bit.
Have you heard about the theory that some gentle pressure on the "third eye" can help reduce the dizziness? Also I found that wearing travel sickness bands on both wrists helped too.
The 'Epley Manoeuvre' was not a pleasant experience, but I haven't had any major episodes of vertigo since, so worth the short term 'suffering'.