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Dead heading and Arthritis

harmonyharmony Posts: 403
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Hi, I have arthritis in my left knee, (waiting for opp) and had right knee done 2021. I'm having a lot of pain when deadheading (my fav hobby). Been thinking about getting a stool of some kind just to take the weight off, any ideas anyone I'm desperate lol. 
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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Have you looked at the stools sold for use in a shower cubicle ?  They are quite sturdy and the height can be adjusted  to suit.
  • harmonyharmony Posts: 403
    Thanks I will have a look.. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Nice selection here
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/Garden-Rolling-Seats/75669/bn_40465371
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    I will nudge @Obelixx , she had a knee op last year and will be having the other one done next month i believe, she may be of help to you with ideas.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    'Fraid not @floralies.   I don't kneel to garden anymore as the new knee isn't up to it yet - fine on soft surfaces but not yet on hard ground. 

    I'm flexible tho and can still touch my toes so I just do jobs like planting and weeding standing up then bending over.  If that goes on too long I just sit and do things sideways.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    I have a bar stool I use whilst painting.  It comes up to just below bottom level.  Mine might sink into soft ground, but that would aid stability.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It depends on what the OP is deadheading … many rose bushes could be dead-headed from a bar stool … however a lot of bedding plants could not. 

    We need to know more about the garden in question. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • harmonyharmony Posts: 403
    Its mostly hardy geraniums and geums
    Its because I'm bent over with my knees half  bent, I cannot kneel on my replacement knee even after 2 years and my other knee is basically  knackered ( on waiting list "yawn" ). Just been doing 10 minutes then having a rest then another 10 mins etc..
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    One of the rolling seats that Lyn suggested and a long reach secatuers may be the way to go.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Maybe you just need a long handled pair of secateurs, something like this
    https://www.amazon.com/KSEIBI-143010-Bypass-Pruner-Cutting/dp/B075Q4XXSF/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=cut+and+hold+pruner&qid=1686642014&sr=8-4 

    No doubt available in the UK.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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