Standup gardening and avoiding potting mix dust with Bunnings items

Jamespeter100

I can't bend over easily nor can I use potting mix, so switched to coir seed raising mix to grow seedlings. . Fox gloves grown in buckets to avoid the nursery pot tax.

Materials

https://www.bunnings.com.au/peats-25l-cow-manure_p3014220

https://www.bunnings.com.au/brunnings-30l-coir-seed-raising-mix_p0274284

Tools

https://www.bunnings.com.au/craftright-820mm-pick-up-tool_p0328158

https://www.bunnings.com.au/spear-jackson-long-handle-trenching-shovel_p0426233

Steps

Step 1

Coir for germinating seeds.

Step 2

Bunnings sell these 50mm sqaure tubes. Pic to show the root structure, not a ball of roots at the bottom of a punnet.

Step 3

A grasping wand.

Step 4

Picked up a plant. The grasping tool is handy for planting blulbs in holes dug with the trenching spade.

Step 5

A trench spade for making channels, Also, the holes for the plants. and filling a row with cow manure. The soil is placed back over the cow manure.

Step 6

The cow manure.

Step 7

The cinerarias are planted up on the ridges, to avoid crown rot. Heavy rains are drained away. Note, Bunnings sell this cineraria - it's marketed as Cineraria Tapestry.

JacobZ

Hi @Jamespeter100,

Thank you for your post with your tips on how to garden in a more ergonomic way.

A brilliant way to help you and others preserve their body to prolong their ability to garden. I must say, you have got a fantastic garden so the longer you can continue your garden, the more beautiful the world will be.

Thanks for the share.

Jacob