I suffered a coupla low-level injuries to each eye and my dignity Sunday afternoon as I was pruning my apple trees. First, I got whapped in my right eye by a secondary shoot I was pruning at the base of one apple tree. Then, I got whapped by a small branch as I was pruning the upper limbs of another. The first whapping hurt worst, as I was blinded by tears for several minutes. The second whapping stung but didn't hurt all that much. However, it prompted me to wonder what I was doing in a tree on such a wintry day.

Question: Have you ever been injured gardening?