Swiss Chard & the Big, Hairy Spider

I went out to my garden to cut down some Swiss chard.  It was beautiful.  I brought it in the house and washed it, laid it on the cutting board to slice it, and what did I see, but a big, hairy spider!  I screamed so loud that I think the spider heard it, and I don't even know if they have ears!  It may have shuddered when I screamed.  I haven't seen one of these types of spiders before - it was like a small tarantula.  Normally, I don't scream for spiders, but it was so unexpected to see this hairy spider, that the scream was involuntary.