Gardening for Seniors and the Physically Challenged
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Article by: Trevor Kassulke Are you in a wheelchair, and long to dig in the dirt and create flowering , The Uses of Compost! beauty and grow , Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques far more zucchini than you can give away? Or are your knees just starting to age and even though you've loved gardening , To Repot - or Not! all your life, you're having more trouble getting up and down and are afraid you'll have to give up gardening , Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques altogether? Did you botch the last pruning , Tips for Preparing a Planting Bed of your roses , Sunflowers because of the worsening arthritis in your hands? Welcome to the world of the physically challenged gardener. Don't despair. Adapt! There's plenty of help out there in the form of advice, , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 4 tools, , The Truth About Geraniums raised flower , Automate Your Lawn Work beds and other specialized equipment. A Google search of "Disabled gardening , Weathervanes - Monitor your Wind Direction with Beauty! tools" leads to 125 websites with specific helpful adaptive equipment. "Disabled gardening" gives a whopping 873,000 results where you can find advice , Vegetable Garden Ideas and "handicapped gardening" yields 111,000. Let those arthritic fingers do your walking! Problem: "The ground is just too far down there!" Think about doing your gardening , Tidy Your Garden Up Cheaply while sitting on a chair, , Automate Your Lawn Work instead of on the ground, squatting or bending over. The most obvious solution is to build raised flower , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden beds and scatter containers throughout your garden , Starting a Wildflower area. Buy cheap plastic outdoor , Gardening for Birds Part 2 chairs and place , Landscaping Design - The Primary Principles one beside each mini-garden so you don't have to drag or carry when it's time to weed. , To Repot - or Not! You can just sit down and enjoy the feel of moist earth , Annuals - 5 Easy To Grow Flowers beneath your fingers and breathe in the heavenly smell of freshly applied fish , Tips for Preparing a Planting Bed emulsion. If you hang a cup holder on the edge of your container, you can even have the luxury of tea or coffee with your weeds. , Replacing Tree Blossoms with Hanging Baskets Maybe the fish , Landscaping Lessons-Proper Placement Of Trees In Landscape Design emulsion should wait. Don't think about what you've lost now that you can't crawl around weeding the perennial , Sunflowers border; teach your grandchild or a neighborhood kid the joy to be found doing that task ... you've just discovered a new adventure in gardening. , Outdoor Living Cleanses The Mind, Body, and Spirit The good news is that you may find whole different special areas of your yard , Annuals - 5 Easy To Grow Flowers where you can stick a mini-garden. Get creative. Put a beautiful , Planting Your Garden container near your front door , Water Pond Safety and plant , Keeping Houses Alive During Summer Vacation Droughts wonderfully scented flowers , Preserving Dried s- Few Tips for Best Results to greet your guests ... or perhaps a nice cherry tomato plant , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 2) Needs they can steal from on their way to ring your doorbell. Put a waist high herb garden , Keeping Houseplants Alive During Summer Vacation Droughts right outside , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 4 your kitchen door , Teak Furniture - How to Care for it Properly and add an area in it for your favorite cut flowers. , Theme Gardens When you're deciding where to locate the raised bed , Waterfalls or container, be sure to remember physically demanding practicalities like dragging a heavy hose to water , Landscaping Your Garden and Adding Value to Your Home it. Think and plan , Landscaping Your Garden and Adding Value to Your Home a low energy , Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques solution for what you'll do with the compost , How To Build A Garden Bench material. Problem: "My painful hands don't have the strength for ..." You can get tools , Water Pond Safety which extend your arms to reach the ground level flower , Kill 'em or Cure 'em : Moving Houseplants Outside for the Summer bed from a sitting position. Several manufacturers , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden make specially tools , Bamboo: a Versatile and Renewable Resource with light , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 2) Plant Needs weight handles designed to keep the wrist and hand in a stress-free position and to provide a firmer grip. Small, light , Kill 'em or Cure 'em : Moving Houseplants Outside for the Summer rakes, hoes, etc. like this can work wonders. Think ratchet pruner, ratchet lopping shears ... let the laws of physics give your hands a hand. You'll be amazed when you look at the tools , Some Thoughts On Planting Roses available. Pull difficult weeds , Bamboo: a Versatile and Renewable Resource by stepping on a lever. Problem: "I get so tired so quickly." Hey, the weeds , Grow the BEST Tasting Tomatoes didn't grow , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden all at once; you don't have to pull them all at once. Pace yourself. , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden Find ways to make gardening , Some Thoughts On Planting Roses something you do while you sit and drink a cup of tea and listen to the birds, , Choosing Gardening Tools rather than a work chore you slave away at for a full afternoon. Pull one weed , Kill 'em or Cure 'em : Moving Houseplants Outside for the Summer from the scented garden , You Can Grow Your Own Herb - Part 4 near your front door , Gardening for Birds Part 2 on your way out and another weed , Weathervanes - Monitor your Wind Direction with Beauty! on the way in. Plant , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 4 parsley in your kitchen door , Gardening for Birds Part 2 herb garden , How To Build A Bench while your toast is toasting and the coffee is dripping. Buy and plant , Teak Furniture - How to Care for it Properly 3 packs of flowers , Feng Shui Interprets Your Garden Features instead of a whole flat. , Replacing Tree Blossoms with Hanging Baskets Take a nice aerobic walk around your yard, , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden stopping at a different container for 5 minutes "conversation" with your plants , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden on each cycle, then go back inside , Tidy Your Garden Up Cheaply and plop on the recliner. You'll be amazed at how much gets done in these mini-work sessions. Your heart will love you, too. Remember, one of the nice things about flowers , The Basics of Growing Roses is they don't have anything to prove. We can all learn a lesson from them.This article courtesy of http://agelessaging.com. You may freely reprint this article on your website or in your newsletter provided this courtesy notice and the author name and URL remain intact. |
  
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