The Lowly, but Powerful Deer Tick #3: Medicine on Board

Just remember, the medicine beats the heck out of the alternative!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

well, i guess the good news is that you are still able to get outside and do things you love!

You should get one of those big leaf umbrella-type thingies from Ikea. I think you can just stick the end in the ground and then sit under it with two hands free.
or maybe I saw it at L.L. Bean.. not sure now.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

this is one version http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?page=sunbuster-shelter&categoryId=45608&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=3886&cat4=1096&shop_method=pp&feat=3886-tn&np=Y

and another
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/60054636 (ok so it’s a bed canopy but I’m sure you could rig it up so it sticks in the ground as your umbrella

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

You’ll be out and about again in no time! I actually like gardening in the cool of the night :)

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Early morning gardening in my robe is the best for me!!!
Only problem: just cannot stop and my robe ends up in the wash again!:-D
As for the umbrella, I meant a “hands free” type as mentioned by MsDebbie!

Hope your chicken leave you something to eat!!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Like I said, I do mine in the hour or so either side of daybreak, normally, so the last 10 days on doxycycline haven’t been too much of a nuisance.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Thank you all for your responses. This summer, I have added much square footage to my total gardening area. So, I have been outside nearly all day, every day. I suppose it is time for a break after all, but I still have more to do!

Debbie, thanks for those links.

You know what I could really use? An umbrella hat. Remember the one in the movie Bruce Almighty? Jim carey wore it while doing the Niagra Falls scene. That would work perfectly!
Robin

-- Robin282, Zone 7, SE Coast of MA, USA

Glad to hear your on the mend Robin.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Oh you sound so much better … glad to hear you are on the mend!!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Thanks!
The meds are very hard on the stomach, but it is only 2 weeks.

-- Robin282, Zone 7, SE Coast of MA, USA