Salad Greens from the Garden

May 8, 2025

On Thursday (May 8), before I went to PT, we went to the Home Depot to buy the materials for trellises based on the plans from the “The Square Foot Gardening” book. We were getting ready to check out when I realized I needed to walk over to the physical therapist office.

At the physical therapist, I did several exercises and then signed the paperwork for dry needling.

My physical therapist had me lay face down on the table and he put 5 needles in. Two hit sore muscles. One, the pain was there, then gone. The second was painful and continued to be painful. He assured me that was a good sign, as it was the an area that he was trying to relax. He explained how putting electricity through the needles would work. He warned me my arm could twitch once electricity was running through the needles.

Sure enough, my arm hanging off the bed, started twitching when he ran electricity through the needles. I could feel my muscles trying to tighten up around the needle. The one spot was painful and continued to be painful throughout the treatment.

Afterwards, I did some more exercises to get the blood flowing to the area. My physical therapist told me to drink lots of water to help flush my system.

My physical therapist explained that my muscle would feel like I overworked it, but the more I moved it, the better it would feel. Then he paused and warned me not to overdo it. He has already picked up that I have a tendency to overdo.

After physical therapy, my shoulder was sore, just as the therapist had warned.

Bruce and I decided to go out to lunch. I wanted to try Senior Tequila in downtown Florence. The food was fantastic! The chips were nice and crispy. The salsa was very flavorful, but with very little heat. We tried the guacamole. It was very good.

I ordered the shrimp burrito and it was jammed packed with shrimp. Crispy potatoes were served on the side, along with two dipping sauces.

Bruce ordered the carne asada. He was delighted with the quality.

Service was excellent. It was a great experience and we will be back.

Once home, we walked around the yard.

With rain predicted, I wanted to plant seeds in the empty spaces left from harvest of the turnips and mustards. I also wanted to plant some radishes in some empty spots.

I was busy planting, when Bruce asked me what I wanted for supper, I told him baked chicken.

Bruce decided he could make the chicken. I left him to it while I continued to plant various seeds.

Bruce came out and asked what would be good in a salad. I pointed out the salad greens and Bruce picked the salad greens: various lettuces, arugula and beet greens.

When I thought supper would be done, I went inside and washed up.

Bruce had washed the salad greens. I finished making the salad while he carved the chicken.

Bruce did a great job cooking the chicken. The skin was delicious . It was crispy and flavorful.

The salad was very tasty. There is something wonderful about eating vegetables from your own garden.