What's the difference between a Wheel Horse and a cell phone?
Plus a peek at the garden in April
Wheel horse tractors are sturdy little machines that can be kept running indefinitely as long as you have parts and know-how. Cell phones are almost instantly out-of-date items that require complete replacement often and at great cost.
Our Wheel Horses date from the 1970s and each year cut many acres of grass and haul tons of wood, mulch, and manure. My Android, purchased four years ago and no longer receiving security updates from the manufacturer, is a frustrating cluster of glitches.
Unfortunately this downhill slide into obsolescence mainly effects my ability to write on Substack. I've gradually lost important features like embedding links, captioning photos, and tagging other publications. Most recently — and most disturbingly — my writing doesn’t always save despite the comforting flash of “draft saved.” The Substack tech support team is “unable to recreate the issues,” and concludes my device is outmoded.
Until the issue is resolved I might make do with less verbiage and more photos and videos like the one below. If anyone watches them, I'd be encouraged to make regular updates to document the amazing changes throughout the season. Turn the volume way up to appreciate the birdsong, and let me know what you think in the comments.
I love this comparison. Hilarious but boo to anything that keeps you from posting. I work from my computer. Working on my phone would drive me nuts. Love the garden pics- look at all that garlic and the little table is perfect. I totally believe in a garden seat in the garden! What part of the world are you in? I’m slightly jealous of the serene sounds- I love my urban garden and the quiet I find there but it is a quiet among sirens, trains and planes. The upside is a lot of people get to enjoy its beauty.
After the camera slowly pivots to the left, it'd be cool if, sitting in the chair, wearing Nike golf shorts and a designer t-shirt, there was a demented-looking suburban gardener clutching a leaf blower. He could be covered in blood or not. The effect could be heightened if he was looking directly into the camera, grinning insanely, and possibly was a dwarf. I'm impressed that you can write with a cell phone. Maybe trade it in for a laptop? Cell phones, unlike tractors, are good for stirring manure into mulch in small spaces such as pots. Just a tip!