vfem
Garden Addicted
SO today we finally hit the new garden plot we've been planning all winter. What a fabulous day to get it done, a bit on the chilly side, but after several days of the 80's here... it was much easier on us then one of those hot days.
We lined everything out starting yesterday, fixed a few problems, got some wood and fired up the tiller. Hubby had me going to town on it myself for awhile. I also shoveled, raked and moved lines with help from him and one of our friends.
During a moment the tiller had a fit, my friend and I attempted to fix a bolt that kept popping off. We finally 'believed' we had it fixed and could get back to work. I went to stand up, and he let go of the handle when the tiller threw the bolt off at lightening speed and the tiller handle came into contact with my face before I knew what was going on. All I saw was stars until I could stand up, then all I could see was red because blood flooded into my eyes. Even though it hurt badly, and the cut was DEEP... I'm too stubborn to goto the hospital for stitches. So now I have been told to SIT IN THE HOUSE! I am no longer able to work on my precise garden.
Here's some pictures of what we've got done so far... hubby is still rocking it by himself. But better safe then sorry!
Thank goodness for butterfly band aids and liquid ban aids to get the bleeding to stop!
We lined everything out starting yesterday, fixed a few problems, got some wood and fired up the tiller. Hubby had me going to town on it myself for awhile. I also shoveled, raked and moved lines with help from him and one of our friends.
During a moment the tiller had a fit, my friend and I attempted to fix a bolt that kept popping off. We finally 'believed' we had it fixed and could get back to work. I went to stand up, and he let go of the handle when the tiller threw the bolt off at lightening speed and the tiller handle came into contact with my face before I knew what was going on. All I saw was stars until I could stand up, then all I could see was red because blood flooded into my eyes. Even though it hurt badly, and the cut was DEEP... I'm too stubborn to goto the hospital for stitches. So now I have been told to SIT IN THE HOUSE! I am no longer able to work on my precise garden.
Here's some pictures of what we've got done so far... hubby is still rocking it by himself. But better safe then sorry!
Thank goodness for butterfly band aids and liquid ban aids to get the bleeding to stop!
i hope your healing goes quickly vfem! breaking new ground with a small tiller can be tricky. i found that out last year when i bought myself a newer, slightly lighter weight tiller than my parents that i had been using for many years. this year i plan to break more new ground in the yard with it but i hope to be better prepared with how much it moves! 
