Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Yard Work
Finally got outside this afternoon to start some yard work. It felt like early spring today instead of midwinter. The ground is starting to dry out enough to walk on it, rake it, and weed it, but still very wet for digging. So I: weeded, raked, cleaned up dead foliage, pruned, etc. It wasn't as much as it sounds like - I only spent 15 minutes or so on each task. Didn't want to get sore and tired right out of the starting gate.
This is a good place to mention a very handy tip. Athletic tape is your friend in the garden. I always used to get blisters on the crook of my thumbs when raking, even when wearing gloves, but now I wrap them with athletic tape first. No blisters. I once read about using athletic tape in a slightly different way. If you don't like wearing gloves to garden, but also don't like having rough cuticles and dirt under your fingernails, tape your fingertips over with athletic tape and forget the gloves. I found this works OK, but took me so long to do all 10 fingers that it felt like a chore. So I put up with rough cuticles and dirty fingernails. But not blisters.
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