Whoops ..... Injury in the garden

Saturday afternoon saw me doing some tidying up in the garden, I had a lot that I wanted to get done and had pretty much just started when I couldn't believe my eyes - I had cut my little finger on my left hand with the secateurs. I was trimming back the thyme plant, removing some dead wood and just giving it a really good haircut. I immediately put pressure on it to stop the bleeding - I don't do blood very well.

I got hubby to help dress my finger (the don't do blood thing prevents me from sorting it myself) and once I recovered a bit, I returned to the garden and carried on with what I wanted to do but I left the thyme plant alone.

My finger is healing well but is still a little tender which is a pain that close to where the finger bends but it has served as a good reminder about taking care and watching what I am cutting in the garden.

Since the weekend when I have been working in the garden I have remembered to wear my gardening gloves to protect my fingers from further incidents but also to keep anything that could infect it away from the wound. I count myself very lucky as this could have ended very differently and I do use that finger a lot, which has been confirmed every time I knock it since I injured it at the weekend and I couldn't imagine not having it anymore.

Take care out there everyone and remember that some of the equipment that we use in the garden can be dangerous and harm us.