{"id":53,"date":"2015-08-31T20:36:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T01:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stonehouse.club\/?p=53"},"modified":"2015-11-10T13:50:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T18:50:24","slug":"the-garden-can-be-a-dangerous-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treml.com\/stonehouse\/wp\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"The Garden Can Be A Dangerous Place!"},"content":{"rendered":"

`This week I discovered what a dangerous place the garden can be! I’ve had my fair share of minor injuries and accidents while gardening but what happened this past week was a first.<\/p>\n

As is usual for me, I was taking a walk in the garden after work to wind down and refocus after a long day. I decided that I would pull out the spent corn stalks so the I could get the bed fertilized and prepared for the Fall. It is important to note that I never wear garden gloves. I used to tell myself that it is because I like to feel the dirt on my hands and there is some truth to that. I don’t mind getting my hands dirty. But the real reason is that I have never been able to find gloves that fit right and are heavy enough to give me any significant protection. So I just don’t wear them.<\/p>\n

I started pulling the stalks. I was on the third or fourth stalk when I felt a sharp sting in my hand. The sting was in the fleshy part of my palm between my thumb and wrist. I thought it must have been a spider but could not find any sign of what it actually was that bit me. I wasn’t too mad as spiders are very welcome in the garden. But I didn’t see a web and could and saw what it was that bit me. All I know is that within a few seconds I was feeling intense pain in my hand which was radiating up my wrist and arm as well as swelling in my hand.\u00a0 By this time I was also able to identify several small puncture like wounds on my palm.\u00a0 Fearing that things might get worse I had John take me to the emergency walk in clinic.\u00a0 The PA there gave me a prescription for some prednisone and instructions to take Benedryl which did the trick.<\/p>\n

A few days later I was back in the garden when I came upon these little creatures<\/p>\n

\"bug\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This, my friends is the caterpillar of the IO moth and they STING!\u00a0 It was camouflaged so well that I never saw it!\u00a0 The moths that they morph into are quite beautiful but they can wreak havoc on a garden, so if they show up again next year they will have to go!<\/p>\n

So, I’ve decided it’s time for some gloves.\u00a0 I’m going to try these<\/a><\/p>\n

My husband has the men’s version, which I tried, and found them to be really close to what I am looking for in a glove.\u00a0 So I’ve ordered the women’s gloves and will report back how they work out for me.\u00a0 I don’t ever want to get stung by one of those beasts again!<\/p>\n

Be careful out there!<\/p>\n

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