Wed Mar 31, 2010 at 20:51:52 PM EDT
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(9am~ - promoted by RiaD)
I have Scoliosis which by itself is bad enough but to complicate matters I have a lateral listhesis That web site is for Spondylolisthesis which is the same as what I have but Spondylolisthesis is front to back, or back to front, where as mine is side to side. Mines much rarer so they never have really given it its own name. |
| Alma :: Enabled Gardening 1 |
| What this all means for me is that I have to be careful on how I move and do things, and once we got the GrandPigs, I was wanting to grow them some food. I knew I couldn't maintain a normal garden so I started looking around.
As fate would have it I already had a kids picnic table on my patio and it already had an old heavy wooden door on top of it where my hubby had been working on something. It was the perfect height for working so I didn't have to bend over and it was close to the hose bib for watering. Plus it had the added advantage of having seats on the side if I needed to take a break.
So I got me one of these for lettuce, since it has short roots:
A couple of these for carrots:
And various flower pots and pans for other veggies. You need to make sure you drill holes in the bottom of the containers for drainage. Fill them with dirt, plant your seeds, and you're in business. I used dirt from my compost pile. You may need to water them more often than normal since it is a limited amount of dirt and having the drainage holes in the containers.
My Hubby is supposed to make me a wooden planting station for my carrots, and I would recommend making your containers out of wood, or getting clay pots if you can. I only went with the plastics because of time constraints at the time.
Future installments will be on raised beds, overcoming other disabilities to garden, and cool tools to even the playing field.
be sure to see all the posts in this series for more info! |
