I started a few days ago with a to-do list. I STILL haven't completed it. Below you will see why.
1. I have apparently poisoned myself with fertilizer. I didn't pay attention to what I was doing and have gotten chemical burn on my hands. They are numb. The finger tips are numb, my knuckles hurt, my hands are hot to the touch and even typing this is kind of excruciating. It's 3:43am and I woke up because my hands had started to itch and I felt hot. It's 63 degrees in my room. This has been constant for the past four days. Sigh.
2. The pallet I had gotten had some issues with wood breaking down. I couldn't find casters that were affordable. Most were over $20 EACH WHEEL! If I had $80 then I would have built a raised bed on the hill outside.
The first thing I had attempted to do was spray paint the thing. But that just made it even uglier.
I dug around in my garage and found some stair spindles I had picked up a few years back for like .50 each so I thought I'd just nail those to the bottom of my pallet. That's when I noticed some of the boards were broken and basically rotting which isn't good and I didn't want it sitting on the ground just killing grass.
I started by ATTEMPTING to nail the spindles to a few pieces of wood I had lying around. I definitely was NOT a carpenter in a previous life.
A friend of mine next door saw me struggling to try to remove some of the rotten boards from my pallet and came over to help. She's a handy girl. :) Caiszon (I may be spelling her name wrong it is pronounced SAY ZON) spent a few days nailing the boards together after we pulled them all apart.
She got to looking at my spindles and discovered that I had four spindles. All were different lengths. Now my being a female girl person who doesn't run around with power tools doesn't own any type of saw. Sooo..bye bye spindles.
So basically we ripped a part a pallet...and made a pallet. She tipped the boards so that only for small sides were on the ground instead of the bigger boards laying across. We are still working on it because it has basically rained every day and the wood keeps getting wet. I have most of it painted as well so when she is done hammering, I paint.
Here are a few photos:
3. I finally got a good amount of seed planted in my little Jiffy Pots. 3 Birdhouse Gourds, 7 pumpkins, 4 Lettuce, about 5 more pea plants, and 3 carrots. I'll show you photos tomorrow of the seed pots all lined up in front of my garage.
4. I HAVE PEA PLANTS! So excited! I'll get a photo of those tomorrow. I attempted to take a photo tonight but they are too blurry and it was too dark so they look like ghost plants.
5. My radishes are bigger!
I'm going to be putting these in the ground in a few days.
So there you have it. I'm poisoned according to the call nurse and poison control. I haven't been to the ER because frankly I don't have a way. I do not drive and haven't found anyone who is willing to go to the ER in Charlotte. lol. I'll post more photos later today with all the little pots labeled and pea sprouts.
1. I have apparently poisoned myself with fertilizer. I didn't pay attention to what I was doing and have gotten chemical burn on my hands. They are numb. The finger tips are numb, my knuckles hurt, my hands are hot to the touch and even typing this is kind of excruciating. It's 3:43am and I woke up because my hands had started to itch and I felt hot. It's 63 degrees in my room. This has been constant for the past four days. Sigh.
2. The pallet I had gotten had some issues with wood breaking down. I couldn't find casters that were affordable. Most were over $20 EACH WHEEL! If I had $80 then I would have built a raised bed on the hill outside.
The first thing I had attempted to do was spray paint the thing. But that just made it even uglier.
I dug around in my garage and found some stair spindles I had picked up a few years back for like .50 each so I thought I'd just nail those to the bottom of my pallet. That's when I noticed some of the boards were broken and basically rotting which isn't good and I didn't want it sitting on the ground just killing grass.
I started by ATTEMPTING to nail the spindles to a few pieces of wood I had lying around. I definitely was NOT a carpenter in a previous life.
A friend of mine next door saw me struggling to try to remove some of the rotten boards from my pallet and came over to help. She's a handy girl. :) Caiszon (I may be spelling her name wrong it is pronounced SAY ZON) spent a few days nailing the boards together after we pulled them all apart.
She got to looking at my spindles and discovered that I had four spindles. All were different lengths. Now my being a female girl person who doesn't run around with power tools doesn't own any type of saw. Sooo..bye bye spindles.
So basically we ripped a part a pallet...and made a pallet. She tipped the boards so that only for small sides were on the ground instead of the bigger boards laying across. We are still working on it because it has basically rained every day and the wood keeps getting wet. I have most of it painted as well so when she is done hammering, I paint.
Here are a few photos:
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| Attempted to spray paint pallet Raspberry color. FAIL |
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| Spindle legs. FAIL |
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| I NAILED A NAIL IN! It only took me 20 minutes. I had to pull it right back out. FAIL. |
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| Caiszon pulling nails out of boards. Her shoes rock. |
4. I HAVE PEA PLANTS! So excited! I'll get a photo of those tomorrow. I attempted to take a photo tonight but they are too blurry and it was too dark so they look like ghost plants.
5. My radishes are bigger!
I'm going to be putting these in the ground in a few days.
So there you have it. I'm poisoned according to the call nurse and poison control. I haven't been to the ER because frankly I don't have a way. I do not drive and haven't found anyone who is willing to go to the ER in Charlotte. lol. I'll post more photos later today with all the little pots labeled and pea sprouts.
Good grief Casey, I hope you are doing better! What kind of fertilizer are you using? I know it was a rough day but I kinda giggled at that 20 minute nailing thing. Sorry. =) No worries, it will get easier and one day you will look back on this and think OMG, what noob I was. =) I know, because I have done it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure. A friend "donated" the fertilizer to me, but she used her hands. I sometimes forget that my pale skin is pretty much allergic to everything. It's ok about the giggling, you would have rolled around on my nice lawn if you had seen me banging on it for 20 minutes. O.O I was NOT a carpenter in a previous life.
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