It's A Lovely Gardening Day

[Tilly2]

It's not too hot, not too cold, not too breeze and not too damp. It's perfect.

But........I have hurt my knee and can't kneel down. How am I going to tackle the pesky weeds? Please don't suggest weedkiller.

[muff13]

I would state the obvious and just bend down. It is the way I do most of my weeding as seldom kneel as get a sore knee that way.

[Tilly2]

Bending down, for extended periods of time, makes you go dizzy.

[Ric.ror]

What's wrong with weed killer?
I love the stuff

[muff13]

Sorry if that happens to you - bending down for a reasonable period of time does not have that affect on me so that is why I suggested it. I can see no other alternative unless you can uproot weeds using a long handled fork or hoe.

[ladybirder]

Don't you have a hoe Tilly?

[gness]

Perfect here, Tilly.....I find a skateboard useful if I can't kneel or bend...just sit on it sidesaddle and whizz about.....☺

[Tilly2]

I do have a hoe, LB, but I don't like to just leave the weeds there. I need to pick them all up and hoes don't work on those horrid long rooted things. You have to get down to them and dig them out.

Gness, a skateboard sounds ideal. I often find myself sitting on my kneeling pad and hooching it along the edge of the borders. Now, who do I know with a spare skateboard?

Anyway, I have ignored the weeds and tackled a shrub that has got too big for its boots. I am not covered in tiny bits of sharp, itchy things. How do they get where they get?

[maggiebee]

Could you just use a hoe Tilly? At least that way you can uproot the pesky things to stop them getting any bigger.

[maggiebee]

Oops, should have read more of the posts. Me and my big mouth again!

[Tilly2]

I'll try the hoe tomorrow, maggie. Maybe my knee will have improved by then.

[atalanta]

heven't you got a little stool ?

[Chipchopper]

I remember seeing an advert somewhere for a thing for making gardening easier.
One way up its a padded kneeler with a handle each side to help you get back up on you feet.
Or if you prefer you can turn it up the other way and sit on it like a bench.
If my memory serves me well the add was from Coopers of Stortford.

[Tilly2]

I have one of those, Chip. It has a lid on the top for storing things. I tend to sit on it when I'm weeding and I turn it over to kneel on it when I need to get serious with a dandelion.

I just can't kneel at the moment. It might be a line dance, badminton or zumba injury.

[Daffy6543]

Would this be of any use Tilly?
http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Fiskars-Weed-Puller/31-4978?LGWCODE=314978000;83827;4797&gclid=CLOi4IKY-MACFULmwgodvTQAVg

[Psybbo]

Gardening? Don't do that, pebbles!