OT: This is what a

Landscape Timber Spike does to you after passing through your shoe

That thing has been there since we bought the place 5 yrs ago and we have walked over it a gazillion times. Yes put logs, landscape timbers etc. to slow down erosion on slopes but not with spikes in them!!!! The people we bought this house from were idiots in so many ways inside and outside the house. There was green carpet nailed on the walls behind kitchen sink and stove. No wonder they didn't turn on the ceiling lights. We thought it was wall paper

oh and is it safe to pour epsom salt water down the sink into septic tank or should I throw it outside?? I have been pouring it down the sink and starting to wonder

Ouch, that looks painful! Save the epson salt and soak your foot in it and put some antibiotic ointment on it? I have no idea if it's safe for the septic system or not. Do you have tomatoe's? It's good for them.

Hope you heal fast!

Epsom salts won't hurt your septic system but it would be good for your garden. Have you had a tetanus shot within the last ten years?

it got badly infected just over night after it happened Monday afternoon despite me soaking it and antiboitic ointment. I went to Dr Tuesday morning. Got Tetnus shot, oral antiboitics, and pain/inflammation med. Soaking it 4 times a days and putting waterproof bandages on it in the daytime when I am out in the yard so nothing gets in it. just regular bandages inside at night. Yep it is pretty painful to walk but doesn't really hurt when I am at rest

Might need to go ahead and put in more Rid-X after a couple of loads of laundry and baths so the salt content is diluted

Wow Donna, sorry it happened, and I am glad that you went to the doctor. Yes my DH who used to be a builder before he joined the coast guard keeps talking about how badly built our house is. Hopefully someday we can build a house the right way and the way we want, maybe when we stop moving so much.

Pour Epsom salts around your Brugs.