hey gardening fans..need ideas for gardening without bending due to back problems..help?

Question

love gardening but unable to bend,who has ideas for constructing thighhigh beets? help and thanks

Answer 1

The answer is raised-bed gardening. It can be done on strong platforms, with sturdy framing to hold the dirt. Check it out using your browser. There is a multitude of information available. It is also used for the wheelchair-bound.

Answer 2

There used to be a show called Square Foot Gardener. He used raised beds (enclosed in railroad ties) that were 4' square boxes. Maybe you could search "square foot gardener" for mor info.

Answer 3

Build a raised garden. I see them quite often. Most are landscaping ties, or railway ties, stacked to the apprioate height that you want. They are secured together. Put in a heavy grade of weed barrier and fill it with soil then enjoy!

Answer 4

Go to a gardening shop, and they sell chairs that roll so your stooping and bending are at a minimum.

Answer 5

Make your self raised flower beds 12ft lengthy 3ft huge sit down in a chair to weed, turn the soil or plant new plant existence. also placed a higher fence between you and your nosey neighbours. you'll get some astounding willow withies 6ft severe.

Answer 6

Here is a good website in regards to raised flower beds
http://eartheasy.com/grow_raised_beds.htm
This is how we garden, and it is so much better

Answer 7

Have you thought about container gardening?

Here are some articles I found that might be helpful to you with regard to vegetable container gardening. Do you have someone who can help you get it set up?

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM870B.pdf This one seems to be the most thorough article... but I only skimmed the others.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8105.html

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/container/container.html

Hope these help... good luck!

Answer 8

why not make you a window sill garden, if you could do this for flowers then why not for your garden.