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Tips for disabled gardeners

Good morning everyone:

I've been an avid gardener for 10 years--both inside and
outside.  Since I've developed a painful disorder that is
limiting the garden tasks I can do now, I've been developing a
new website geared towards gardeners with disabilities.  One
thing this site will provide is suggestions for doing typical
garden tasks in a different way so those of us with physical
limitations can overcome these difficulties and continue to enjoy
our hobby.

I am sending this to all the garden lists I subscribe to.  Please
accept my apologies if you receive multiple copies.  I am asking
each type of gardener--be it daylilies, veggies, cactus, etc. if
you will stop and think about how you would change your garden if
you suddenly became unable to continue in the old ways.
Hopefully, you will come up with some tips on making tasks
easier.

Please enter those tips here:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9251/ENABLED/tipinput.html

They will automatically be emailed to me.

Be as creative as you can be.  These tips could be geared towards
people in wheelchairs, those suffering from severe arthritis, or
any of a multitude of other physical disorders.  We too often
take our daily activities (in the garden or elsewhere) for
granted until we are suddenly confronted with NOT being able to
do something.  Michigan State University's club for handicapped
students used to call the rest of the students the "temporarily
able bodied" as a reminder that car accidents, falls, sudden
onset of diseases could cause them to wind up disabled at any
point.  Too often this means giving up hobbies and other
activities.

I really appreciate your help in providing these tips.  A
thorough search revealed only a few internet sites that even
mentioned gardening and disabilities.  If you have a friend,
relative, or aquaitance in this situation, the new website's
address is:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9251/ENABLED/index.html

Please refer them here for tips and general encouragement that
they can enjoy gardening even if they have to change the way they
accomplish garden tasks.

Thank you for your help!

--
Diana Pederson, Michigan, Zone 5 (4)
http://www.geocities.com/~dlpederson/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/~dlpederson/IGS/index.html
http://www.suite101.com/frontpage/frontpage.cfm?topicid=262


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