Today I have been digging. I am not a great advocate of digging generally, but sometimes it is necessary, and this was one of those times. Luckily I was ably assisted by a strong young man who showed an admirable interest in the soil. We talked about its importance, how if you look after your soil it will look after you, how both historically and currently it is abused and polluted, how easy it is to enrich and renew, how we owe it to the world do just this. We also had a “who could find the longest root of bindweed” competition. I am far too cag-handed for this highly skilled undertaking, so am uncertain why I suggested it at all. It was doomed to failure on my part. My unerring competitive nature I suppose. Unfortunately my measly attempts came in 4th and 5th behind the whippersnapper. He could have been a little more discreet in his victory. So after three hours I left him to it and went home to have a well earned siesta. Hope he managed without me!
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Off The Edge Gardening 
cag handed – slang alert! please enlighten me to meaning?
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It means clumsy 🙂
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If you can wield a pitchfork in platform boots, you are anything but clumsy………..
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This is quite true, but I am none too stable on those boots!
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I was wondering about that too, thanks! 🙂 Normally I just describe myself as “klutzy” (a klutz being a hopelessly clumsy person) in situations like that. If there is an implement anywhere below knee level, it’s a sure bet that I will trip over or bang into it…
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When there is digging to be done, always have a strong young man standing by to do the job.
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I have a new description for myself. My Danish husband calls it “clumahoy”=clumsy.
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Clumahoy is also a very good word, one I will try to remember.
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It’s always good to have someone else do the digging 🙂
(I had no idea what cag-handed means either)
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I am glad I have educated you!
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