How to Garden for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Never let it be said that the garden--whether indoor or outdoor--is off limits to arthritic persons. Because of great new advances in arthritic aids, arthritic persons can sit, trowel, plant, water, and spray to their heart's content.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Battery Powered Sprayers
• Adapted Gardening Tools
• Reacher

1. Not all gardening happens outside. Potted and hanging plants provide a welcome burst of green and bright color to staid indoor environments. Or perhaps outdoor gardening, despite all the clever gardening gadgets and tools, is still too difficult for you. Then it's time to tend to the indoor plants.

2. Before anything, you need to be able to reach the plant or spray bottle. Imagine if it's a hanging plant that needs to be turned. Reaching high is out of the question. Lightweight reachers and grippers are available to help you grasp whatever you need to start taking care of your indoor plants.

3. Once you have taken hold of that water sprayer, how do you expect to pump it without causing hand and wrist pain? It's a snap with inexpensive battery-powered sprayer bottles that work just like the real thing—but better. They spray your plants faster and more evenly than any hand-pump sprayer bottle ever can.

Resources

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Garden Tools
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Aids
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Articles and Information
• Is the Garden Off-Limits to People with Rheumatoid Arthritis?

[Melessa]

on 8/21/2008 I have a small company dedicated to producing products to make gardening more comfortable for arthritic individuals. I started it for my mother because we could not find what her hand therapist recommended. Please see what I offer at caterpillarclan.com.