Using a sledge hammer to knock in small posts as part of a raised bed. Gave it a good swing,missed and whacked my shin!😨 Very lucky not to break a bone resulting lump and bruise lasted for weeks. As Homer Simpson would say "Doh!"
I ended up a patient on my own unit Dove. Very few scars, I was very lucky. Was due to have skin grafts, the consultant looked at the wounds, and asked whether I would mind leaving them another week. It was a good decision, although I was off work for 3 months, and couldn't actually do anything enjoyable with the time.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
@punkdoc ... my brother, who also should've known better, put something highly flammable on a fire of burning rubbish on the farm ... fortunately his then teenage son saw that there was an accident about to happen and grabbed a fire extinguisher and doused his father before any damage was done other than some singed eyebrows and a lot of embarrassment ........... and such a ticking off from my sister in law.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just after moving here I had a conservatory built. I asked the workmen to skim the profusion of weeds everywhere which they did. Unfortunately I did not know how shallow my garden soil was so I ended up being left with practically no top soil. I asked them to bring in some top soil to replace what had been removed. I was given the choice of top quality, medium or low so I opted for medium quality top soil. I couldn't afford much top soil so ended up with almost no top soil throughout the garden and the soil brought in I discovered the following year, was full of rape seeds, which grow huge. 6ft plus.
Big mistake.
I am still weeding out rape plants 15 years later and there is still a shortage of decent top soil.
I made friends with a little newt from our pond a few weeks ago, then in my wisdom a week or so later decided to move some pots around and managed to squash said newt ...... I literally wept for hours. Other half thought a family member had died when he got home. I really wish I hadn’t done that 😢
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When you don't even know who's in the team
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
More than ouch, punkdoc, have you got impressive scars?
Very few scars, I was very lucky. Was due to have skin grafts, the consultant looked at the wounds, and asked whether I would mind leaving them another week. It was a good decision, although I was off work for 3 months, and couldn't actually do anything enjoyable with the time.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just after moving here I had a conservatory built. I asked the workmen to skim the profusion of weeds everywhere which they did. Unfortunately I did not know how shallow my garden soil was so I ended up being left with practically no top soil. I asked them to bring in some top soil to replace what had been removed. I was given the choice of top quality, medium or low so I opted for medium quality top soil. I couldn't afford much top soil so ended up with almost no top soil throughout the garden and the soil brought in I discovered the following year, was full of rape seeds, which grow huge. 6ft plus.
Big mistake.
I am still weeding out rape plants 15 years later and there is still a shortage of decent top soil.
Poor Philippa 😞
I made friends with a little newt from our pond a few weeks ago, then in my wisdom a week or so later decided to move some pots around and managed to squash said newt ...... I literally wept for hours. Other half thought a family member had died when he got home. I really wish I hadn’t done that 😢