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07 June 2012 ,12:17 Back to basics
By Jody Rigby
 Coming from someone who has sustained a back injury from gardening, I feel strongly about spreading the word when it comes to safe garden practises. A day in the garden can be as gruelling as working out for hours on end or a few rounds with Mike Tyson.
 
Many people may know the toll gardening can take on the body but here’s a few tips to save your back.. and knees..  and fingers.. and so on.
  • Always bend at the knees before lifting anything, sink back into your bottom as if you're going to sit on a chair and tilt from the pelvis instead of your back. This is the same for shovelling.
  • Invest in a garden tub. These are great for carrying mulch,soil or clippings around in safe,more manageable loads.
  • Change things up regularly. Don’t do the one task for too long, get up, change positions and then go back to it.
  • Use the right tool for the job. Don’t try use a short handle spade to shovel a tonne of sand. A long handle round mouth is the way to go and so on.
  • Use a skateboard (if you have one) or trolley to move large pots around
  • Stretch before and after you get into a big day in the garden and warm up if you need to.
 
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A constant learning curve, gardening is all about trial and error. Knowledge grows from sharing information between friends, passing down through generations, or just getting it wrong a few times before you get it right. It's about getting grubby outside and aching from digging too much, but then feeling that fall away when you get your first flower or prize fruit off a new tree... and getting so excited you need to tell everyone.

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