How can I make gardening easier on my joints if I have arthritis?

Here are some tips to make gardening easier if you have arthritis: Protect your hands while gardening by purchasing gardening gloves that are one or two sizes too large. Then stuff foam or sponge-type padding in and around your fingers. When handling thorny plants, you might try using a quilted oven mitt.

Plant seeds without bending. One way to avoid bending while planting is to use a PVC pipe to guide seeds into the soil. Start with a three-and-a-half-foot section of one- or two-inch diameter pipe.

Cut one end on the diagonal. Keeping the diagonally cut end of the pipe touching the ground, drop seeds down the pipe where you want the plants to grow. Cover the seeds using the end of the pipe or by dropping soil down the pipe.

Another option is to fill a salt shaker or spice bottle that has a shaker top with seeds. After preparing the soil, simply shake the bottle over the areas you want to plant. Sit on a stool or chair to work in the garden or flower bed and use well-made child-size rakes or shovels to work the soil.

Some stools have wheels and storage compartments. Mark your trowel for easy planting. When planting bulbs or other plants that need to be planted at a specific depth, purchase a trowel with pre-marked measurements or mark inches on your own tool with red nail polish.

The markings will make it easier to dig to the proper depth. Pull weeds when the ground is moist. Do your work after a rain, in the morning when the ground is still wet with dew or after lightly moistening the ground with a garden hose.

If you need a little extra help dislodging the roots, try an apple corer. Or, you might consider purchasing a long-handled weeding tool from a nursery or garden shop, so that you can weed without bending.

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