Ken I hope recovery is going along smoothly!

TJ thank you for checking on Ken for us! He is a vital part of our community. Always look for and enjoy his writings!

i also didnt catch the praying hands card from ester .... you go girl.. thank you ...

and i was also surprised how many silent old friends popped out of the woodwork to chime in ... good you know parts of our old gang are still out there in the ether ...

ken

Welcome back. You see how you were missed. Continued prayers for a full recovery.

tj

Welcome back Ken! Great to hear from you.

Welcome back! Find a warm and comfortable place to sit and post :-)

So good to have you back. You see by this outpouring how important you are to us. As relieved as we are I am sure your real life family is rejoicing your recovery.

Welcome back, Ken !

That just made my day! Ken-Continued well wishes in your recovery!

Get well soon! welcome back! i am glad to find this post. i was wondering where you were….

Welcome back, Ken! So happy you are on the mend…please take care of yourself and let your family take care of you, too. Prayers for a complete recovery!!!

Welcome back Ken......half the fun of being here is the humor you infuse into your answers to mundane gardening questions.....and the punctuation free posts are a delight...

Whewwww, so glad to see you back Ken! Don't you worry one bit about giving up coffee. I have ordered so many seeds, trying my hand at winter sowing, and planning for new perennials. I have spent years under your tutelage and you know I still don't know what I'm doing, right? So, I'll send you enough questions and whines to keep your adrenalin pumped and running. Maxwell House has nothing on me :) I hope your recovery is speedy and full....All the best.

Ken, you shouldn’t be sitting in that cold basement anyway…spring is coming and it’ll be time to be sitting outside in sun surveying your landscape and watching the life cycle of spring bloom. Welcome back!

Kathy

Yay Ken is back! So glad you're home and on the road to recovery!

Glad to hear you are back . Just was not the same without you quoting your knowledge

We missed you Ken. Wandering thoughts, goofy sense of humor, and...your lack of...punctuation...and ever-present...ellipsis. Yes, we've missed all of you ;) Welcome back, and may your recovery be faster than Bishop's Weed spreads, lol.

Wonderful news that you are recovering, Ken, and great time of year to be doing so. Spring is just around the corner and I'm sure that will give you a shot in the arm. Look forward to when you are back to being able to post!

I was just thinking about you---and happy to hear that you have returned home. Please do find a healthy alternative to coffee and cigarettes so that you can hide in the basement and answer a lot of posts!

Welcome back!

Good to see you back - Take it easy, heal soon and follow old sawbones directions.

Herbal tea and peppermint or cinnamon sticks. I wouldn't do any of that that in a cold basement though.

Good to see you back in the saddle! Give yourself some easy time, at first. Trying to educate my friend right now on the phone as to which perennials she should plant in her yard. I myself am not up to planting yet---still too much to finish in house remodeling! When I get to the yard, I'll appreciate your expertise. See? You are NEEDED!

Welcome back, Ken. Good luck with your rehab!

Good to hear from you! Take care of yourself

ken..nice to know you're home and on the mend..😊

Phew! Yay! Welcome back! What better way to start off the week than by seeing your post! So very glad you are back home and on the mend. But yeah, no more basement! Sit in a warm sunny spot and read the forums and look through catalogs. That will get you ready to get back in the garden.

A very speedy recovery to you! So glad you're back!

:)

Dee

Glad to know you are on the road to recovery. Best Wishes that the recovery is swift.

bkay

morning coffee and cigarettes .... and im off both now..

@ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5 you clearly are an important member of this houzz forum. And so we need you to be healthy. And so the closest you should come to tobacco is growing a beautiful Nicotiana annual :). (I can send you seeds ;))

Really glad to see you back. Praying for full speed recovery! We all missed you and worried about you!

gawdinfever

@Ken, We are all so happy to hear you are on the mend. Spring is coming so hopefully you will be able to spend some time outdoors sitting in the sun and recouping. Be well!

Saw your comment in another forum ===>> soooooo happy you are back to comment! Take care and do what doc says….. you will be up and about in no time! Having to quit cigs is good, is there any hope for decaf down the road? Some are pretty good! Still in my prayers…..🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

debra

Maybe switch to tea? Half the caffeine plus a bunch of other benefits but just as addictive.

Welcome back!! So glad to see a post from you.

It's good to see you back, Ken! Every time I see a duckduckgo commercial I've wondered how you were doing. Now you need to find a way to post from your most comfy chair so you can take it easy but still be here. Wishing you a steady recovery.

Welcome back, Ken! I hope you have a smooth recovery.

Welcome back! Actually this is such a relief. I was worried. Let The healing begin and be thorough.

Sorry your comfort items are no longer allowed. Hopefully you can find other comfort items that are less hard on your system. Maybe you could get yourself a heating pad for your chair and a cup warmer to put your healthy green tea on.

ken, I was thoroughly addicted to nicotine after about 30 years of smoking. I quit twice for about and year and went back after having a drink and bumming a cigarette. The last time I quit, I got the pills from the doctor, I used nicorette gum, then later plain chewing gum. I realized that I could never, ever have another cigarette. It gets easier each day. It does take a while to not to ever want another cigarette. Even now, after 20 or so years, about once every year or two, I'll see someone with a cigarette and want one. It's very seldom, though.

Take it one step, one urge at a time. You'll get there.

bkay

Welcome back, Ken!

I always like your blunt, common sense answers.

My heart attacks put me in the hospital with a double by-pass, open heart surgery. I'm fine now, but a little worse for wear at 78. At least I didn't have to give up cigarettes. I quit them way back in the early 1970s. Weight wasn't an issue either, just old age, I guess.

You take it easy and keep contributing to the Forum. You're a big part of it.

Mike

My Dad had a heart attack when he was in his 60s - my Mom is a nurse and saved him in the middle of the night while the paramedics were on the way, thank god! and mostly thank my Mom and the docs. He had many many more years after that and finally agreed to see the doc regularly and stopped smoking and also drinking. I cherish those extra decades with him, even though I live far away, we had great visits and much more frequent phone calls. As I approach age 60, I know I need to slow down on the wine and beer, sorry if TMI.

Ken, you are so much appreciated on this forum... through the years I've mostly been just a lurker, but you and others keep it alive!

Aw, Ken, hope you are back to your old self soon. You are the reason I became a hosta addict and started spending so much time on GW. I miss your posts! Take it easy. Follow the docs directions. And laugh every day.

Ken! I hate to hear this! Please mend quickly, getting stronger every day. In spite of how much I want to 'pinch your head off' sometimes, I love ya. I'll be sending lots of thoughts for a strong and speedy recovery.

Late to the part as I never stop by during the winter, but feel better soon Ken, Garden Web isn't the same without you.

Best wishes…….glad you made it back here, missed you much!

Sherry

Hi Ken,

glad you are back, a wave and a smile from your favourite European plant nerd,

try tea (do you get Assam or Ceylon over there... ;- )

and pull up your big boy pants, quitting smoking is hard, been there, nearly failed, luckily 20y + ago, did it in the end and never went back (former boyfriend, now DH hated it back then which helped with my motivation)

if you want to we send you a comic/ cartoon whatever in rotation every morning to start a new ritual without ziggies...

all the best, Lin

I was thinking of you today, Ken. We had about 8 inches of snow all melt over the weekend and the garden was soaking wet and I had to resist walking on the lawn or anywhere off the paths, because I always remember when you had the threads for newbies and told them never to compact the soil by walking on it wet! I think of that every spring. [g]

Keep healing and taking good care! Best wishes!

Ken, glad to hear that you are on the mend, and I send my best wishes on quitting smoking; it’s tough but I am pulling for you. Take good care and do what the doc and PT say you need to do.

Hi Ken, I haven't been on GW since about 2 weeks after we got the news of your heart attack

I was scrolling frantically to find the thread sort of afraid there being no news or no good news.

How wonderful to see you posted and everyone chiming in with their gratitude for you being you and living to tell the tale. I too was thinking of going into the garden and heard your firm admonition Do Not Do That. Looking for more pearls or cow patties of wisdom from you for many years to come. Idabean/Marie

Wow, seems forever I've been off GardenWeb. Life just got in the way.

Oh, Ken, sorry to hear about your heart attack. You always have great comments and we all look forward to all your posts. Keep healing and take care of your ticker. I hear laughter is good medicine and helping your wife with the dishes too. ;)

I hope you are back in the garden soon.