You know, if I had thought about it, I never would have become a gardener. I have a few 'quirks' that make my job interesting to say the least. First of all, I have a fear of crickets, grasshoppers and locust, but I have a picture I wish to upload on that topic, so I will leave it at that for now. I have some pretty awesome dermatitis in my hands, so at any point I need to have at least 5 different sets of gloves for different tasks around work. I have general gardening latex dipped gloves, plastic gloves, heavy duty plastic gloves, cotton gloves and anti-vibration gloves. Im suffer from minor hearing loss in one ear and cant wear ear plugs for longer then 5 minutes unless I want an ear ache. Im accident prone and have managed to cut my knee 3 times with a hedge trimmer (separate occasions). I burn easily, so the guy in stores is adamant that Im selling sunscreen on the black market, I go though that much of the stuff. I also have some pretty awesome hayfever. Right now Im just about living on antihistamines. Right now the thing in the picture is making my life a living hell. That is the flower of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum). Grasses are a bugger for adding to the pollen count. Its also one of the reasons I hate mowing days. Those fine little hairs cover large patches of the parks at work and when a mower comes along it disperses the pollen quite magnificently, which really doesnt help my situation. However, its only for about 2 months a year that the hayfever is that bad, so I still wouldnt trade my job for the world.
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