Gardening breaks keep me stress free! This week I’ve doing final layout on the June Horizons Magazine, which means a week of 12-16 hour days of typing.  Since I’ve developed this “trigger thumb,” I keep it splinted and take lots of breaks from the keyboard to rest it.  Mostly the breaks have me outside gardening for 15-30 minutes at a time, which really breaks up the day. I’ve pondered for months where to put in a manageable vegetable and herb garden.  A friend solved the dilemma by hanging small baskets from lengths of bamboo suspended between 2 shepherd’s hooks in the sun.  I’ve got a tomato plant, a grape tomato plant, a red pepper, some bee balm and thai basil, all in coconut husk hanging baskets.  I like something portable and moveable and I hadn’t thought of it myself.  Ah, that’s what friends are for.