The vegetable garden(s) did a number on me this week.
Monday, I wheelbarrowed multiple loads of mulch to the community garden plot and planted peas in it. Got a little sunburned.
Tuesday afternoon, I went to our vegetable garden only to see if the soil would be dry enough to work the next day. The ground was dry except in a few spots on the low end. I pulled a few weeds, but my butt muscles were sore from the previous day's wheelbarrowing, so I did not work long.
Wednesday, I worked hard in the garden most of the day. Got a little more sunburned. By bedtime, all of my joints felt like there was sand in them, my skin was hot, and my wasp-stung hand was swollen enough that it looked like it didn't have any knuckles. It itched all night.
Yesterday, I worked in the garden again. It helped work out the soreness in my muscles, but it raised up a big blister in the palm of my "good" hand. (I'll tell Rhett I went riding without my gloves.) There's a purple bruise the size of a lemon on my right knee. I'm guessing the tiller handle got me when it snagged the tomato fence on Wednesday. That was also probably the event that nearly tore my gardening apron off, which I did not notice until later, when the clippers in one of the pockets was bumping me in the knee instead of the thigh. I had to repair it before I went back to the garden yesterday morning.
Today, my arthritic finger is complaining. I don't know if it's from over-use or from the wasp-sting. I'd planned to start practicing with #3's birthday cake fondant today, but this would require a whole bunch of kneading. I may give it a rest today and save the fondant for tomorrow.
I'm telling you ... between the blisters, the bruises, the stings, and the sunburns ... gardening ain't for sissies.
The garden is in good shape, though. For now, it's mostly free of weeds, and all the seeds have been planted. The drizzle that ran me out of the garden yesterday turned into a real rain later in the afternoon. This should bring those seeds right up. There are a few empty spots where I want to plant more peppers. I'll go to the greenhouse this morning to get some.
Might go to the fabric store while I'm out.
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