All BYC rules apply. Lets play nice. I am getting ready to celebrate another birthday. And it is getting harder for me to garden. There are ways to make things easier and still have good results. Let's talk about it!
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Thanks, my birthday is not until the 28th but i did get a present today and it holds 10 eggs!Great thread idea and happy birthday, Capricorn! I'd love to hear more ideas on how to make gardening physically easier. So far I'm doing raised beds from 17" to 24" and keep an old shower chair outside to save my arthritic knees. Also using as much drip irrigation as possible...
I love those photos!Yes, you are right... not only old folks have physical problems. Everyone is welcome to just jump in and yack.
Sounds like we have a lot in common. Planning for a greenhouse and raised beds. I put raised beds in the front of the house here. I will not be changing them out a lot, perhaps seasonally. Right now i have a few bushes and spring bulbs in them. When we get the sidewalk poured i am going to add another layer of border stones to raise up the beds more. View attachment 1207380 View attachment 1207381
Straw bale, thanks for the reminder. That's a great idea. I know you can actually open a hole in the surface on top and follow a few easy steps to compost inside them and then plant directly in the bales. Two stacked on top of each other could be a nice height.Thanks, my birthday is not until the 28th but i did get a present today and it holds 10 eggs!View attachment 1207382
Even having bad soil can make raised beds necessary. I put some in my new garden here in Virginia this year. Still i am digging up the soil inside the beds and adding composted manure and sand to the clay based soil. I only plan to do that once. I was not able to spend much time on the garden because i was building chicken coops. This year will be different.
You might be interested in straw bale gardens. They could even grow on a raised platform.