Re: terra cotta pot warning

Ouch Cathy!   And I never knew terra cotta could be so dangerous - so yes
ladies and gents - wear your gloves!   I've been telling all the gardening
types at work too.

On 4/4/08, Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> I was pruning my Lonicera sempivirens a couple weeks ago (with a
> pruning saw) and managed to slice my left index finger pretty badly.
> Spent much of my West Yellowstone vacation with bandaids on! And yes,
> I did get a tetanus shot... after the fact.
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Apr 4, 2008, at 5:36 AM, Andrea Hodges wrote:
>
> > There's an echo in here-my first thought also was OUCH! Hope it
> > heals fast although that's a bad place to have a nasty cut. I'll
> > remember this when I'm moving. Glad you roses are blooming. That's
> > exciting.
> > A
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 5:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] terra cotta pot warning
> >
> >
> >> LOL - I knew what you meant, and  yes Kitty, you are right.  I try
> >> to be
> >> more careful about overdoing things.  The good news is both of my
> >> butterfly
> >> roses started blooming today - yay!
> >>
> >> On 4/3/08, David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Oops, that was supposed to be "HATE to see you get lock jaw.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----
> >>> From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
> >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 2:23:42 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] terra cotta pot warning
> >>>
> >>> Wow Pam, bummer! I hope you are ok. Sheesh! That sounds nasty.
> >>> Since it
> >>> had soil in it when was the last time you had a tetanus shot? Had
> >>> to see
> >>> you get lock jaw.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sorry Pam
> >>>
> >>> DF
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----
> >>> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 2:17:00 PM
> >>> Subject: [CHAT] terra cotta pot warning
> >>>
> >>> For those of you who use terra cotta pots, don't ever try to move
> >>> one
> >>> w/out
> >>> gloves on.  Even if you can't see any cracks, it could break
> >>> anyway.  I'm
> >>> speaking from experience.  Was moving a big one last night and and
> >>> the
> >>> blasted thing shattered and tore up my hand.  That vein that runs
> >>> along
> >>> inside of your thumb?  Laid it smooth open.  Oh well.  Fortunately
> >>> I got
> >>> the bleeding stopped, put antibiotic goop on it, taped it up and
> >>> wrapped
> >>> it
> >>> so it should mend up fine.  So don't make the same mistake I did.  I
> >>> guarantee I'll never do that again.  This typing w/ one hand is
> >>> for the
> >>> birds too.  Just a friendly piece of advice for my fellow
> >>> gardeners!  :-)
> >>> --
> >>> Pam Evans
> >>> Kemp TX
> >>> zone 8A
> >>>
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> >>
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> >> Pam Evans
> >> Kemp TX
> >> zone 8A
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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