Any tips for aging gardener!?

Yes I can relate. I have worse situations, however gardening is the only thing that keeps me going.My suggestion is to look into raised garden beds or container gardening with varying heights with stands etc. If you need further planting instruction of what you are interested in just let me know.

I agree with Janet! Raised beds about waist high would work. If there is a senior center near you see if they can get volunteers to build some for you. Local school, Boy Scout troop, Community center, even neighbors can help you. Good luck!

Can you ask a neighbor for help?

Do a little bit every day, stop and you will become house bound

Simplify your gardening and plants. Don't get plants that require a lot of care. Do small amounts each day. Mulch to keep weeds down and moisture in. Mulches are not heavy when used in small amounts. Also there are chairs meant for gardening that might help. Use small tpols and do it all other early part of the day

Contact your local Scout group. Youngsters might be looking for someone to help in order to gain a gardener's or community badge. Then you have the opportunity to teach a young person ( and keep up with the younger generation) and he or shehas the chance to relate to someone older who isn't family or teacher. And young gardeners like the heavy stuff and aren't so good at the fiddly bits that I'm sure you prefer.

My Dad has put my Mom's gardens up in tall gardens. If you had to sit while gardening you could always keep your pots on a table so you didn't have to kneel or be on the ground. my friend even had there potatoes growing in large buckets because she has bad knees so no kneeling again. hope this helps some.

get up every morning and go swimming at your local pool this will help keep your muscles toned and your joints lubricated then gardening will get easy again. It really works!

My city has a program. They link people who have garden space for veggies and flowers but are either disabled via illness or age from doing the gardening. They link them with people who want to garden but live in apartments. Have you either thought of advertising in a community paper for an adult who would like to garden but can't? You could supply tools, water and maybe half the cost of seeds and the other person could supply labour and the other half of seed cost. Both of you could share the veggies and flowers. It is a great way for you to meet people and also does not let your garden space go to waste. Please try this. It works a treat. A lot of green thumbs don't have access to land . Or you could contact a seniors home where there are still active older people and have two or three people involved.

Check with your church, many churches have youth that help seniors

manage. Look into using hay bales to grow tomato plants. 2 high would be perfect - no weeds to pull, no dirt to haul, no raised beds to build, no mulch to haul.

Do you attend church? Helping you plant a garden would be a great missions activity for junior high or high school kids or singles church groups. Ask your local church for help.

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I will try looking into some of these.

I have severe scoliosis,neuropathy, and MS. My husband built me large long window boxes that I plant lots of flowers and herbs in. I can stand or sit while playing in the dirt.

I found garden tools with handles that can be extended on sale at Ross's. Great to work with and avoid some of the pains from reaching or trying to use full size tools. Every little bit helps as I know.