In Australia apparently farmers are having trouble sourcing canola seeds. It is planting time. I think there are a combination of reasons. Because of the world cooking oil shortage Aus farmers are planning on planting record amounts. Some countries are hording seeds, and transport issues

Indonesia has been having a palm oil crisis ever since the war in Europe started. Firstly it was speculation driving the prices then rationing was introduced, which caused panic buying. I didn't realise until their palm oil crisis and media coverage that only 20 indeviduals own all the palm oil plantations and processing in Indonesia

It isn't even age One of my brothers (at the time in his low 40s) fell while splitting wood with an axe. His head hit the splitting block. He knocked himself out. When he came to, he went inside, covered in blood. He walked past his wife and 2 adult step children. One of them a micro medic in the ADF who was visiting. Not one checked on him. He had a shower and went to bed and slept for 15 hours. He normally doesn't sleep for more than 5 hours a night. Had a massive headache and called sick the next few days from work. It was only after he hopped on the tractor and drove through several fences because he couldn't remember how to stop that he thought he should go to the doctor. He drove himself. And found out that He HAD A BLEED On The BRAIN. His doctor said that he was extremely lucky to still be alive.

Oh no, how absolutely devastating sending huge huge hugs and positive thoughts your family and the boyfriend family are in my thoughts

no contact with ?? what??

Everyone in the world is finding the cost of living going way up - everyone. it is going to get way worse before it gets better. it is time for people to tighten their belts and try hard to save money wherever they can. Be glad you don't live in a country like Sir Lanka , or Afghanistan or a million other places less wealthy that are starting to starve I find it sort of bemusing / confusing/ mystifying these types of threads. people think they are struggling and get good solid advice on how they could save money for more pressing things and don't want to accept what they hear. Having a car just to take rubbish to the tip and an occasional camping trip is a luxury item . Many of us do fine just taking the rubbish to the tip in the boot of an ordinary car. or hooking a trailer to the back of an ordinary car. Some hopefully helpful hints and ideas - try having stew or soup for 4 main meals a week or more, and soup for lunch. there is a reason people lived like that for centuries- it is way cheaper. my mother and grandmother would make meat do for 2 or more meals. If there was a bone nobody gnawed on it, it was saved to be used for stock for the next night stew. A roasting chicken was par-boiled before roasting to get some broth off that could be made into a soup for the next meal. things like this really help with the budget. a stew can be thickened with oats, or rice or barley or lentils, all very cheep bulky things. A filling desert for growing boys is rice, milk and honey. Don't let people drink milk unless they are under 4, save it for breakfast. Never buy soft drink or juice. water is perfectly fine for drinking, healthier, and nothing else is needed. make a shopping list of everything that is needed for a trip to town. then do all of it when you go. We have worked out that at the current price of fuel it costs us $10to drive the 20 km to town and back . we don't go if we only need a few things. Encourage all teen to get some sort of paid work, then they can look after some of their own wants like if they want juice or other luxuries . Maybe get them to pay board, even a little bit. if you are truly struggling then there are some very drastic measures that can help- like getting rid of any pets. $50 or so of petfood a month really adds up. pay down debt as fast as possible. even an extra $10 a week on a loan can greatly reduce the amount of debt. if you sell some of your surplus cars then use that money to pay off a chunk of debt on the newer car. My mother managed to pay off her mortgage as a widow with 3 small children by keeping every single piece of lose change in a dish, and at the end of the month paying however much was there off the mortgage- that was when mortgage rates here were 20% Grow as many veggies as you possibly can, you don't need fancy raised beds. veggies have grown fine in the ground forever. A raised bed is pleasing to the eye, but not necessary. Freeze or preserve the surplus. Never ever eat out. Get rid of subscription services, they are a luxury that is not needed for survival you might think my suggestions are ridiculous or over the top, but they work

eat burned toast, dry , with nothing on it. It really helps. My FIL credited burned toast as saving his live in WW11

morning twins schoolwork as it is really school holidays we are only doing morning schoolwork for this week did some potting up of seedlings from seed punnets to individual pots planted in the garden seedlings- more snow peas, sweet peas, Chinese cabbage, marigolds ( a bit late but I have heaps of white fly i am trying to drive away) planted zucchini in the polytunnel. I try it every autumn , to extend the season, it will hopefully grow until mid July and I Might get a few. planted brown onion seeds, and bush peas seeds in trays in the polytunnel made a wheelbarrow of potting mix and filled the container in the greenhouse ( half aged compost, half well rotted woodchips with some lime, and sheep manure added. roast port and veggies for tea another day finished

more covered foam shapes https://sensorytools.net/collections/gross-motor-skills-tools/products/soft-play-3-piece-trapezoid yoga ball ball pit a bubble machine placed somewhere where he cannot reach but bubbles will come sailing down to play with

covered foam shapes for construction and knocking down https://sensorytools.net/collections/gross-motor-skills-tools/products/soft-play-23-foam-shapes

I am looking at an Australian sensory shop for ideas. I am sure they would be available in USA and probably cheaper sensory stepping stones - rubber https://www.onestopsensoryshop.com.au/product/stepping-stones-2/ a colorful thing that can be pulled apart and put back together https://www.onestopsensoryshop.com.au/product/round-balance-beam/ soft rocking chair https://sensorytools.net/collections/sensory-rocker-chairs/products/soft-play-adult-therapy-chair crash bag https://sensorytools.net/collections/crash-mat-with-foam-filling/products/crash-mat-large-plus-two-bags-of-filling

After years of reading teaching3bears posts I believe she has been working with professionals for a very long time and 2 of her children have an extreme level of disability. She is, in my opinion, a hero, someone who I greatly admire. Her journey is very hard.

What type of equipment would an adult daycare centre have outside?

Really big oversized foam gym pads thingys, that an be stacked or knocked down A tractor tire?

A trampoline?

Twins schoolwork morning Planted seedlings in veggie garden, Kale, parsnip, bok choy, lettuce, snow peas Clean house Twins psycologist came for tea. So I made what twin 2 particularly does not like, lasagne. The psycologest is trying to help him with his extreme food anxiety. At the moment he will not eat any food in the house and gets majorly distressed about any food. The psycologest wanted him to have a food he doesn't like to try help him talk about it while eating. He bravely let the psycologist eat outside with him.

Another suggestion is to look at online sensory shops for ideas

I agree with getting occupational therapy advice. In your country is it possable to access funding for things like this? Here in Australia it is but only with an occupational therapy referal

went to my DD house and completely replanted her veggie garden with winter crops. She had a baby just a few weeks ago. Her Dh got a trailer of 2 year old goat manure and had it sitting there ready for me. I used it to top dress the whole garden. I planted broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, snow peas, green peas, beetroot, radish, shallots, garlic, and bok choy. DD had already planted lettuce, spring onions, leek and silver beet.

an Esky? I now have an Esky in the boot of the car . I take the shopping trolley out to the car and pack into bags there, so it is very easy to load the frozen stuff straight into the Esky. I drive 100 km to the supermarket . to tell you the truth I don't know why it has taken me so long to think of using the Esky. before that I was using double insulation bags for the frozen stuff.

thank you It is hard to get info form ds18. I think he is having a mild case. he is a man of very few words. I have to message very specific questions that he can answer with a yes or no to get any details from him. So I do know that he isn't having trouble breathing and isn't coughing much. I am glad he shifted into a mini unit a month ago. it would have been very hard to do isolation in a bungalow in the back yard of someone's house with no access to food or ability to store food. At least in the unit he has a fridge and a stove.

Or they could have had geese. We have geese. They keep the grass very short and tidy

I am so so sorry Huge hugs

Sending positive thoughts Huge hugs

Ds18 just tested positive. I rang him to make sure he had enough food. He said he feels normal crook. Whatever that means. He said he has been crook for 2 days. My boys are all men of very few words. He sounded awful. But hopefully he has a mild case like his brothers had.