Gardening with Arthritis or other limitations?  Here are some good work habits designed to help:

• Switch tasks often, fluctuating between bending and reaching.

• Avoid repetitive motions, alternating which hand you use as able.

• Keeping your wrist in a neutral position with your thumb on top reduces stress on the wrist.

• Use a kneeling pad, or sit on the ground, a bench, or gardening cart.

• Store tools and equipment in or near the garden, using a cart to haul heavy items.

• Utilize raised/elevated beds or container gardens to eliminate the need to stoop or kneel.

~ AgrAbility.osu.edu

Tips

for

Purchasing

Transplants

• Check the label on a plant before buying. Make sure the place you want to put it is suitable by soil, zone, sun/shade, size, etc.  Research the plant to make sure it is a proper fit.

Lilac Bush Tips

• Deadhead spent lilac flowers immediately.  Lilacs bloom on the previous year's wood, so cutting back after blooming gives shrubs time to form new growth.

• Plant a summer flowering vine at the base of a lilac to add color once the lilac has finished blooming.  Try sweet peas, clematis or passion flowers.

~ Reader's Digest 1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden