Incredibly stupid things we have done

I just sent myself a Purple Mooseage. (It was intended for another.) May not have been 'incredibly stupid,' but it does take a 'special talent.' sigh

I probably don't remember most of the stupid things I do, but the other day I was preparing for a frost by carefully covering up a bunch of newly-sprouted seedlings in the garden with little mini-greenhouses made from clear plastic juice-bottles and produce containers. Went about some other tasks, and then half an hour later, had to back the truck up to add compost to a new bed nearby. Ended up driving over the first 3-4 feet of my carefully tended bed, crushing the seedlings and their mini-greenhouses deep into the soil. I literally got out of the truck saying "oh, you stupid, stupid idiot" out loud to myself as I assessed the damage.

A few weeks ago I went to pick up some 12' long gates about 30 minutes away, thinking I could just have them stick out the back of my truck and ratchet-strap them in. I did just that, even though the gates stuck out a ridiculous amount. I kept the tailgate closed, so the gates at least would be sticking up above car level, in case anyone didn't notice them and wanted to tailgate me. They were resting on the tailgate at about their halfway point. I noticed them bouncing a bit when I'd hit the bottoms of small hills on the way home, but they were strapped in really well and I wasn't worried. When we unloaded them, the bottom one was badly bent; a brand-new $200 gate. It still works, so of course we hung it, and now I have that ugly bent gate hanging there as a constant reminder of my stupidity. On the plus side, I did learn why long gates are usually transported in a trailer.

Lila, if you haul long stuff from time to time, get one of these: Tailgate Extender

Since I found the forum I have learned so much.

It took me a long time to understand the difference between a Food Forest and a Forest Garden as to me they were the same thing.  

I can have a Food Forest in my backyard though to have a Forest Garden I would need trees and something that looks like a forest as in understory plants.

The thing that stands out the most that was incredibly stupid was the fact that I just could not grasp the "no-ill" theory or method.

Then one day I realized that was what I was doing all along.

I didn't disturb the soil I just made a hole and stuck the seeds or seedlings into the hole and covered them up.

Thanks, Mike, that looks great!

Okay, this past summer I took the kids to the beach to do a little metal detecting.  We took along a borrowed detector, a shovel, and some hefty bags to carry home whatever priceless treasures (or, to be realistic, garbage) we found.

We had a lot of fun and before we knew it we were a couple miles out and it was already getting dark, but I knew that the car was directly on the other side of this peninsula of land.  The land is not private property, and, a most of it is actually an old graveyard.

So my plan was to cut across and get back before complete dark -- and being in full "dad-mode" I started egging on the kids, like "ooooo, going to take a shortcut through the graveyard like in the movies..."

Then my daughter piped up.  "With a shovel?"

Oh.  Good point.

So, yeah.  We went the long way around after all! LOL! :D