Gardening for Seniors and the Physically Challenged

Article by: Trevor Kassulke

Are you in a wheelchair, and long to dig in the dirt and create flowering , A Modern Day Glove Affair beauty and grow , Amish Furniture on the Front Porch far more zucchini than you can give away? Or are your knees just starting to age and even though you've loved gardening , Amish Furniture on the Front Porch all your life, you're having more trouble getting up and down and are afraid you'll have to give up gardening , Garden Accessories altogether? Did you botch the last pruning , Easiest Homemade Hydroponics System of your roses , Gardens: They are Fragrant, Breathtaking— the Perfect Idea for More Outdoor Decor 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, , Buying a Lawn Mower tools, , The Endearing Language of Flowers raised flower , The Endearing Language of s beds and other specialized equipment. A Google search of "Disabled gardening , Vermiculture: Indoor Composting and Organic Soil Improvement tools" leads to 125 websites with specific helpful adaptive equipment. "Disabled gardening" gives a whopping 873,000 results where you can find advice , The Endearing Language of Flowers 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 , Solar Residential Outdoor Lighting is Becoming the Product of Choice for Millions of Consumers while sitting on a chair, , Give Your Plants the Finger instead of on the ground, squatting or bending over. The most obvious solution is to build raised flower , A Garden Pond in Your Landscape - Want Water in Your Yard? beds and scatter containers throughout your garden , Bonsai trees Mastery - Different styles in Bonsai ing area. Buy cheap plastic outdoor , Tips for Buying Plants Online chairs and place , Tips for Buying Plants Online one beside each mini-garden so you don't have to drag or carry when it's time to weed. , Green Thumb Gifts: Beyond Gardening Gloves You can just sit down and enjoy the feel of moist earth , Bird Baths in Your Yard beneath your fingers and breathe in the heavenly smell of freshly applied fish , Selecting Your Gardening Tools 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. , Solar Residential Outdoor Lighting is Becoming the Product of Choice for Millions of Consumers Maybe the fish , Growing an Indoor Herb Garden Year-Round emulsion should wait.

Don't think about what you've lost now that you can't crawl around weeding the perennial , Garlic: The Stinking Rose 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. , Economically Design Your Own Landscape Lighting The good news is that you may find whole different special areas of your yard , Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner where you can stick a mini-garden.

Get creative. Put a beautiful , Why Do Flowers Inspire Me So Much? container near your front door , Garden Accessories and plant , Online Flower Shops wonderfully scented flowers , Adirondack Chairs - How to Choose One to greet your guests ... or perhaps a nice cherry tomato plant , Why Do Flowers Inspire Me So Much? they can steal from on their way to ring your doorbell. Put a waist high herb garden , A Modern Day Glove Affair right outside , Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner your kitchen door , Using Popular Rose Varieties In Your Garden and add an area in it for your favorite cut flowers. , Solar Residential Outdoor Lighting is Becoming the Product of Choice for Millions of Consumers

When you're deciding where to locate the raised bed , A Guide to Vines and How to Vine Beauty with Your Garden or container, be sure to remember physically demanding practicalities like dragging a heavy hose to water , Garden for Birds #3 it. Think and plan , Start Your Seeds Indoors For A Jump On Spring ting a low energy , The First-Time Vegetable Gardener -- Some Pathways to Success solution for what you'll do with the compost , Solar Residential Outdoor Lighting is Becoming the Product of Choice for Millions of Consumers material.

Problem: "My painful hands don't have the strength for ..."

You can get tools , Start Your Seeds Indoors For A Jump On Spring Planting which extend your arms to reach the ground level flower , Vermiculture: Indoor Composting and Organic Soil Improvement bed from a sitting position. Several manufacturers , Feng Shui Interprets Your Garden Features make specially tools , Garden Accessories with light , Feng Shui In the Garden weight handles designed to keep the wrist and hand in a stress-free position and to provide a firmer grip. Small, light , Vermiculture: Indoor Composting and Organic Soil Improvement 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 , What You Should Know About Miniature Roses available. Pull difficult weeds , Mulch Your Spring Flower Bulbs in the Fall for a Beautiful Spring Display by stepping on a lever.

Problem: "I get so tired so quickly."

Hey, the weeds , Gardening Vertically: Fad, Emerging Frontier or Long-Overlooked Art Form didn't grow , Mulch Your Spring Flower Bulbs in the Fall for a Beautiful Spring Display all at once; you don't have to pull them all at once. Pace yourself. , Green Thumb Gifts: Beyond Gardening Gloves Find ways to make gardening , Feng Shui In the Garden something you do while you sit and drink a cup of tea and listen to the birds, , Bonsai trees Mastery - Different styles in Bonsai Gardening rather than a work chore you slave away at for a full afternoon. Pull one weed , Why Do Flowers Inspire Me So Much? from the scented garden , Buying a Lawn Mower near your front door , Gardening During Hard Times or Emergencies - You Can Feed Yourself! on your way out and another weed , Spring Gardening Tips on the way in. Plant , A Garden Pond in Your Landscape - Want Water in Your Yard? parsley in your kitchen door , Garden for Birds #3 herb garden , Buying a Lawn Mower while your toast is toasting and the coffee is dripping.

Buy and plant , Green Thumb Gifts: Beyond Gardening Gloves 3 packs of flowers , Spring Gardening Tips instead of a whole flat. , Garden for Birds #3 Take a nice aerobic walk around your yard, , Spring Gardening Tips stopping at a different container for 5 minutes "conversation" with your plants , Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner on each cycle, then go back inside , US Flag History 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 , Feng Shui Interprets Your Garden Features is they don't have anything to prove. We can all learn a lesson from them.

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