Collecting Heuchera

 I had a surprise turn up this week, John had bought some baby Heucheras and a couple of fancy leaf  Rex Begonias from   Australian Plants Online.

Heucheras I potted up from their tube stock.

Heucharas like semi shade to full sun, and I have had them before in the back corner garden but they died. They are a bit of a ground cover clump, but can grow up instead and you need to prune them every couple of years to take out the middle clump. from which you can then regrow from the stem hopefully.

Earlier this year I actually bought another group, of Heucheras from garden express and they have grown quite a bit. 

The little Begonias are the same variety, and I also potted them up from tube stock. They propagate from leaves placed on the soil with a small rock to hold them down. I haven't had much success doing that though. 

Painters Palette Begonia Rex

 Once the small ones grow a bit bigger I will put them in a nice pot and the whole lot is going to go in my shady corner.

 Yesterday I woke up with a  bad migraine something I don't get very often, and in the afternoon had a very painful  gallstone attack, so was reliving the year before when I had my gallbladder out. So today feeling very wiped out with a niggly pain in my stomach. 

If it happens again will go to the hospital but as I have already been there last week for bad heart palpitations, wasn't keen on turning up again. Will watch my diet, no fat, or meat, and go back to the vegetable soup I did before while waiting for the operation. Hopefully things will settle.

I had video call, before this happened, last Wed. to my RA specialist and he tells me I have to change medicine, as my Neutraphils are super low at .5 and probably lower now as the day before took my injection, I now have to wait a fortnight for new blood tests to get the ok to start again, and so the drama of arthritis pain goes on, he also is getting my knees x-rayed which is causing me the most hardship.

Roses I picked today so beautiful and cheers me up.

I also saw my local GP  last Friday, as a result of the hospital and she is sending me to the Heart Dr. again for more testing probably a Holter Monitor, plus found another skin cancer she has to freeze off but due to the Neutraphils being so low which causes infections, I have to wait for the next blood test, so will see her again in early Nov.

 She also wants to send me to a therapist for depression and anxiety and give me some tablet to make me feel better. I turned that down, will try to cope on my own, for the moment.

For those readers who believe in praying, please add me to your list. As I ask for prayers I think of all those who are struggling with Covid, or Cancer and probably how much better off I am, but it has been a very long year though. 

 

Till Next Time.