well there's yer problem right there...
This is an old tiller that's become more "yard art" than a gardening tool... I used to put in a garden every year - not really because I thought I could get much to eat out of it - mostly just because I love to piddle around in it, pulling weeds, smelling the fresh earth, watching things grow and change.. There's something wonderful about a whole row of corn growing thick and green, and the way plants bloom and set fruit... But in this part of the country, farming means ya gotta have power tools to break up the soil, because we have what's called "gumbo" soil. It has a high clay content, which means when it's wet, it turns slick and sticky - and when it dries, it turns hard as stone and really can't be turned with a shovel..
Anyway, I haven't had the time to put a garden in for quite a few years now, and it shows... A mechanic would have no trouble at all looking at this and seeing that this machine would never start with a spark plug that looks like that.. He'd poke his finger at it, wipe his oily hands and drawl - "Well, there's yer problem right there!"
Lately, I've felt a lot like this old machine... All the parts are still there, but some of 'em are all rusted and stuck together, and the result is that I just can't seem to get started...
well there's yer problem right there...
This is an old tiller that's become more "yard art" than a gardening tool... I used to put in a garden every year - not really because I thought I could get much to eat out of it - mostly just because I love to piddle around in it, pulling weeds, smelling the fresh earth, watching things grow and change.. There's something wonderful about a whole row of corn growing thick and green, and the way plants bloom and set fruit... But in this part of the country, farming means ya gotta have power tools to break up the soil, because we have what's called "gumbo" soil. It has a high clay content, which means when it's wet, it turns slick and sticky - and when it dries, it turns hard as stone and really can't be turned with a shovel..
Anyway, I haven't had the time to put a garden in for quite a few years now, and it shows... A mechanic would have no trouble at all looking at this and seeing that this machine would never start with a spark plug that looks like that.. He'd poke his finger at it, wipe his oily hands and drawl - "Well, there's yer problem right there!"
Lately, I've felt a lot like this old machine... All the parts are still there, but some of 'em are all rusted and stuck together, and the result is that I just can't seem to get started...