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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI'm anticipating that this thing will change my life.
I just ordered this garden kneeler from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0972Y5LTY?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
I get horrible anxiety every spring thinking about all of the garden work I have to do. It's getting very difficult in my older age to pull weeds, crouch down, get back up again, etc. I manage to get through it every year, but it takes a toll on my body.
I finally smartened up and got one of these things. No more getting up from a kneeling position without any support. You can use it as a seat, or flip it over and use it as a kneeler with bars to grab to help you up.
I hope it works like I think it is going to.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)I don't use them so much but my wife uses them daily.
LuckyCharms
(17,454 posts)She even takes them camping to use as small tables and for getting up and down.
AllaN01Bear
(18,336 posts)niyad
(113,522 posts)rurallib
(62,434 posts)will check it out.
Danascot
(4,693 posts)We use it a lot and it works really well for us. It saves your back and if used in the kneeling position you can use the sides to pull/push yourself up.
mockmonkey
(2,829 posts)I don't use it for gardening but for cleaning. It's especially useful when I have to vacuum the coils under the refrigerator. I was worried that when I push up on the side bars to get up that it would collapse but it doesn't, they do push out a bit but not from bending. I'm about at the max weight for it. I have no strength in my legs so it has to take all of the weight from my arms pushing down. It's been helpful.
AllaN01Bear
(18,336 posts)Bayard
(22,128 posts)I may order that. Thanks!
Harker
(14,030 posts)Cheap foam kneepads from the hardware store are similarly a great bargain.
We need to look for any advantage available to avoid senseless suffering.
LuckyCharms
(17,454 posts)but I like this thing because it has the handles I can use to push myself up.
Harker
(14,030 posts)It's inspirational.
Another thing I was reminded of that might be right up your alley, given your considerable skills with wood - raised beds. I built one (4'×8') out of treated 2×4s and corrugated metal roofing panels, and it's a great help.
I hope to crank another one or two out every year until the garden plot is nothing but.
Go, Lucky, go!
Doomed, my arse!
LuckyCharms
(17,454 posts)Emile
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(17,454 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,136 posts)Pretty nifty idea. I'm still spreading mulch (got a HS football player moving it from the pile to the cut-out areas).
Haven't used it yet, because I'm mostly standing up. Looks like a good idea.
BTW: I got 22 cubic yards of mulch. With some subbing, our anniversary, her birthday, and weather, I couldn't work on it every day.
But, I about 3 weeks, I moved around 5 cubic yards of mulch. This kid is moving 5 cubic yards a day, and he's only here 2 hours per day.
Making me feel old!
LuckyCharms
(17,454 posts)I get 3-4 yards per year.
I don't mind spreading the mulch, it's the yearly clean-up before the mulching that knocks me out.
ProfessorGAC
(65,136 posts)We have a 3/8ths acre lot. But, our house is a cape cod, so small footprint. (We live on a corner & garage is in the basement, hence no garage taking up area.)
Anyway, as a 25th anniversary present to ourselves we spent the money intended to take an extravagant trip and did a huge landscaping project.
Many cutouts of the lawn for bushes, perennials & flowers, terraces out of brick, front & back. So, around 3,500 sq. ft. Of the yard is mulched. 594 square feet at 2" deep is about 3,570 square feet.
Yep, we needed that much mulch. Buying it in bulk was VERY economical. $35 per square yard but buy 22, pay for 29. So, $700.
Paying the HS kid $25/hr. Going to spend 11 or 12 hundred bucks. At Lowe's, that much in bags was $1,800! We're saving at least 6 bills, and it's being moved & spread. About 3/4ths done. Looking good though.
Just to give you an idea, here's our backyard, shot from the top step of our deck stairs. The boxwood in the foreground is the top of 3 terraces of brick. You can't see the other tiers from this angle
This one is from the driveway at the start of the winding walkway.
LuckyCharms
(17,454 posts)I have a Cape Cod as well.
I buy in bulk too...I don't want to mess with the bags.
I usually get 3-4 yards dumped in my driveway, unless my neighbor is mulching as well, then I'll get 6 yards and we both pick away at it.
Really terrific landscaping you have there!
AnnaLee
(1,041 posts)Great for sitting or kneeling for gardening. When we quit doing our own yardwork, I put it on the front stoop as a bench for deliveries to keep them out of the wet and dirty concrete.