*If you have ever had a back injury, this might be for you! Disclaimer: If you use this blog for advice and you get hurt, it's your responsibility. You would have to be crazy to take this advice. . .
HORTICULTURE - FOR BETTER OR WORSE
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The Horticultural World has many offerings to use for your diversion and entertainment. However, there are some parts of this hobby that are not so enjoyable. Most people wouldn't like being in the dirt all day and having blisters from hard work, but some people actually enjoy this form of lifestyle. I like farming, and I know that it takes quite a lot of money to do this, but I would like to have something to eat occasionally.
Portion control - If you are not watching how much you eat, you can perpetuate a back injury.
Test trial - Go out to your garage, if you have one, or if not, ask to take over the mowing responsibilities at your apartment complex. Make sure you have a pull start on every machined tool you can find, and pull. If you are having trouble with your back, you will know it after trying to start unfamiliar lawn equipment. If the equipment is yours, you already know the score. The best part is, trying to figure out which neighbor it was that tuned your carburetor into a puddle maker inside your combustible engine.
Back to farming, if you like to eat and you don't have a back injury, that's great. It would be better if you didn't have one. Let's leave the farming to the experts here. I will probably have a lawn service do my mowing from now on anyway, while I figure out how to get hold of one of those super tractors that can pull up a huge tree stump out of the field. Ouch, and the medical bills are much more expensive after the damage is done.
Yours truly,
Bruce W. Raulston
Friday, December 5, 2008
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