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Battle to regain upper hand in the garden
by Tony Gipp
Chairman, Gardening with Disability, Norfolk
Spreading the word
Spreading the world about the significance of using appropriate tools

We are now trying to catch up in the garden after a long spell tied up exhibiting and demonstrating tools at several events and shows across Norfolk.

It is now necessary more than ever to find new and easier ways to enable us ( with much help from family and friends) to continue with our sizeable garden, much of which is becoming natural habitat.

Barbara’s osteoarthritis is becoming more of a problem, affecting not only her hands and wrists, but hips, left knee, and feet. I have recently experienced one ‘unstable’ and many other angina attacks, and a car accident early in the summer has reduced neck movement and left some further discomfort from my ankylosing spondylitis condition.

Out and about at exhibitions, talks and demonstrations, I have had several approaches to help people by devising and adapting tools for gardening.

I will be dealing with some of those during the winter when there is not so much to do in the garden, and my vascular condition curtails outside activities most of the time.

The neglect of our garden has resulted in many of the weeds growing massively, and several different tools are needed to get the job done with any efficiency. This has given us the chance to try out some of our latest weeding devices, and to re-assess tools that we have had for a while, and used previously in less arduous conditions.

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