I noticed that a lot of us garden. We have flowers and vegitables, despite our chronic pain problems. We love plants.
So here's where I thought I would put a board just for us. We can talk about our gardens, and we can talk about tips and tricks to keep ourselves from gettint hurt when we garden.
For example, I buy my dirt by volue, not by weight. I get a few liters of dirt that's really dry. Then I bring it home and wet it and put it in pots for potting plants. That way I'm not buying 40 lb bags that are moist and mostly heavier than 40 lb and they certainly are somthing I can't pick up.
And I use a stool when I garden. That way I'm not bending and stooping. Oh I still have to stretch and reach, but you know what? That's OK. I'm careful not to twist. And by the time my back is yelling at me, I can get a pretty good hour or so in of pruning or what ever needs doing. I can even do some weeding using a short handled hoe.
I have a number of those tools. They are made with adjustable handles, so they can be used sitting or standing. I have a hoe, a small rake and a trowel and a weeder like that. I didn't buy them all at once. I just bought them as I needed them, over the course of a couple of summers, because they're pretty expensive. But they're good tools and they don't rust and they really save the back.
OK so there's some tips. Oh, I do all my gardening in containers, or in raised beds. That way I don't have to bend over very much at all.
Love to all.
Dan
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