Re: adaptive tools

**M* L* <m*@earthlink.net>**

Kate, each person's limitation is different from the next.  It would 
be ideal if a lending library carried an assortment of tools for 
people suddenly faced with limitations to try, and see what would be 
best to buy, but no such thing exists in my area, at least.  I garden 
from the seat of a Celebrity Victory electric scooter (I'm an 
above-knee amputee), and use mostly conventional tools. Very useful 
to me is a trake (trowel at one end, 3-pronged rake at the other) 
that I bought at the dollar store years ago because it fits nicely in 
the bicycle basket on my scooter, and the flexible "tubtrugs" (so 
named by Gardeners Supply) are very useful to me.  A.M. Leonard sells 
adaptive hand tools, but I've not used any of them.  I use a locally 
made tool that's a variation of a stirrup hoe made as a hand tool for 
weeding.  Corona makes some extendable tools (rake, trowel, etc.) 
that work pretty well.  Check my website at 
www.margaretlauterbach.com and recommend it if you like for people 
with limited mobility.  Margaret Lauterbach

>Does anyone know who produces tools that are suitable for seniors/stroke
>victims/arthritic hands etc.  I am booked for a few presentations 
>and would  like
>to find some.  I am especially looking for hand tools to use in  containers,
>rather than the field.
>Thanks
>Kate
>
>Kate  Copsey
>Freelance Writer
>Gardens and  Parenting
>www.Katecopsey.com

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