Yes, there might be MAC in the mist - however, there is also a great deal of dilution - if you don't stand in/near the spray, it shouldn't be a problem. We water early & late on timers, or with ground soakers, so the mist is not an issue for us. Daytime watering is usually filling holes while planting, which I do with either a bucket or a direct stream from the hose.
You said, "We also have chickens, but my husband now deals w them, and I make him wear an N95 mask even though his lungs are good." That is a great choice - my niece and her young family keep chickens, they got started through 4-H, and masking & sanitation are part of the training material.

If you do a little reading here, you will find that many of us have found ways to pursue our passions in spite of our challenges. For example, little things can now set of an asthma attack or a coughing fit - any scented products, ANY aerosol (like sunscreen or spray starch), the odor from anti-bacterial wipes - so I either need to be out of the area or find an alternative. In the winter we live about 40' from a communal laundry - so we keep the windows on that side of the house closed all the time.

I will do ANYTHING not to go back on the Big 3, and my docs agree that as long as we can keep my lungs clear, that should be possible.

Sue

Thanks .. for this information. When I was at my second appoiment for possible lung transplant candidate - drs mentioned gardening and I cried. I love gardening.

I have few house plants but tried to turn one into hydroponics today - I taught hydroponics when I taught third grade. When I got Covid / RSV/ pneumonia / Flu in 22 that began my downward spiral and more pneumonia hospital vists. Hard to climb out of the hole this time and am on oxygen 24/7. 🙁
I do not have MAC .. but an being treated for a posible fungal infection… bybID doc - that my ENT found with sinus infection.

I was diagnosed in 2012. If I knew then what I know now - lots I would have done differently.

Thanks again…
Judy