HORTICULTURISTS AND AVID GARDENERS ARE OFTEN IN NEED OF REPAIR

I MYSELF BEING ONE OF THEM I ASK YOU TO PLEASE FORGIVE MY ABSENCE

Hazards of the Trade

Typically injured - shoulders, hands, knees and lower back.

Conditions - osteoarthritis

In my case a complete tear of the left lateral meniscus resulting in surgical removal - ouch!  Add carpel tunnel surgery of both hands, all in 1 1/2 months time, and your out of commission.  But not for long, although it feels that way while your rehabilitating. Fortunately I possess the gardeners constitution to never give up, military style; adapt and overcome.  But not without the help of some very skilled professionals, my surgeon - Dr. Raphael Longobardi, and Achieve's Sports Medicine & Rehab excellent physical therapists.  Thanks to them and their very wise suggestions I dedicate the following posts to those of you who also weather the hazards.

TOOLS FOR THE COMPROMISED


ERGONOMICALLY DESIGNED

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Corona Ergonomic Pruning Shears (contoured to relieve wrist strain)

http://www.beso.com/garden-tools-ergonomic/search?rf=gbs

THESE ARE COOL!

BIONIC GARDEN GLOVES

Support & Protection

www.handhelpers.com/bionicgloves/bionicgardeninggloves.htm

MORE ON TOOLS, UNIQUE AND STATE-OF-THE-ART SUPPORT PADS, CLEVER BODY MECHANICS, ETC. TOMORROW 

*PLEASE STAY TUNED*

THE WORST PLANTER IDEA EVER!

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!

A NUCLEAR POWER PLANTER!

NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS MARKED DOWN 3 TIMES

JUST HAD TO SHARE

HOW CAN I KEEP PESTS FROM EATING MY PLANTS?

ONE WAY IS TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT PLANTS

The following three plants are absolutely deer, rabbit and groundhog resistant, they're never eaten, and they're evergreens.

EUPHORBIA  'ASCOT RAINBOW'

Spurge

 GROWS TO 20" - NEEDS NO PRUNING
EVERGREEN  - SUN AND PARTIAL SHADE

FLOWERS EARLY SUMMER - FALL 

FLOWER COLORS ARE THE SAME AS THE LEAVES AND THEY LAST FOR MONTHS

  VERY PRETTY -  MAINTENANCE FREE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT

 HELLEBORE 'ANGEL GLOW'

Lenten Rose

 EVERGREEN -  SHADE/PART SUN PERENNIAL

 FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY

   FLOWERS LAST FOR MONTHS

 VERY HARDY - TOLERATES POOR SOIL CONDITIONS

HYPERICUM 'HIDCOTE'

St. Johnswort

(MEDICINALLY USED FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION)

Full Sun - Partial Shade

Yellow Flowers  from June - August

Evergreen Shrub

18"-48"

HOW TO GROW A RAINBOW ROSE - "NATURALLY"

ANOTHER GREAT SITE FROM STUMBLE UPON

www.stumbleupon.com

How to grow a Rainbow Rose, Naturally

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_rose

You can use the same idea to color any flower, 

anyway you like.  CHECK IT OUT!

ON THIS THANKSGIVING DAY I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS TO OUR FARMERS

 ....FOR THEIR BOUNTIFUL HARVEST!

SEE HOW SOME VEGETABLES GROW.......

BRUSSEL SPROUTS

SWEET POTATOES

ASPARAGUS

CAP MUSHROOMS

ARTICHOKE

CARROTS

LEEKS

STRING BEANS

'PEPO' - PUMPKIN

GARLIC BULBS

....AND FRUITS

GRANNY SMITH APPLES

IT'S TIME TO PICK A CHRISTMAS TREE

THIS HANDY CHART CAN HELP 

I FOUND THIS CHART IN MARTHA STEWART'S DECEMBER ISSUE OF LIVING.  YOU CAN EASILY IDENTIFY YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS TREE, AS WELL AS, WHERE IT COMES FROM AND HOW WELL IT PERFORMS IN YOUR HOME. 

marthastewart.com

 MY FAVORITE IS THE CONCOLOR FIR.  ROHSLER'S NURSERY IN ALLENDALE N.J. GROWS AND SELLS THESE BEAUTIFUL SPECIMANS FOR CHRISTMAS. rohslers.com

FRASER FIR

SCOTCH PINE

DOUGLAS FIR

WHITE PINE

LEYLAND CYPRESS

CONCOLOR FIR

STUMBLED UPON A NEW WAY TO TRAIN TREES TO GROW AS GARDEN FURNITURE

I FOUND POOKTRE GARDEN ON A SITE CALL STUMBLEUPON.COM.  IT IS A VERY EXCITING AND UNIQUE SITE FOR FINDING UNUSUAL TALENT IN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOUR INTERESTED IN. 

 Grow something with us at Pooktre Garden.