Before You Dig, Get “Fit To Garden”

brain-teaser : What do you get when you spoil an enthusiastic veg - raise Master Gardener with a passionately energetic , camera - ready physical therapist ?

Answer : None other than Stacy Walters , the originative forcefulness behindFit to Garden , a program designed to aid gardeners stay in thegarden , notflat on their backsunder a mountain of ice pack .

I was inspire to write about Stacy after read this Facebook post by my good friend , Stephanie : “ Last of my seminal fluid arrived today . Will get my seeds take off in their trays this weekend . Will be ready after the last rime date . ”

Stephanie lives just outside of Boulder , CO . Now , I do n’t need to gloat , but out here in Santa Barbara , “ last icing date ” makes about as much sense as “ origin of external respiration season . ” I forget that most of you have of late have that season they call wintertime . For calendar month your “ horticulture ” has consisted of rereading the tattered Sir Frederick Handley Page of last summer ’s Fine horticulture takings for the hundredth time , ordering this yr ’s horticultural adventure from come catalogs , and gapping the arc spark plug in your trusty Fiskar ’s PowerGear Bypass Pruners .

Any minute now Mother Nature ’s public address system will toot , “ Gardeners , start your engines ! ” and , like my Colorado sidekick , you ’ll set off out the door , fueled by the pent up Department of Energy you ’ve been stifle all winter . But before you do anything silly , check out theFit to Gardenwebsite ( stacywalters.com ) .

Stacy collide with the nail on the head : “ Gardening , like any other arduous activeness , requires long suit training in the off - time of year , a dynamic warm - up , right biomechanics , and post - activity stretch . The goal is for nurseryman to decoct the risk of harm , make lawn and garden employment easier and more enjoyable … and ultimately help oneself gardeners become stronger ! ”

AtFit to Garden , Stacy provides free information that educate gardeners for the straining lifting , stoop , turn , squatting , huffing and puffing that ’s all in a satisfyingly sweaty day ’s work . There ’s a storehouse of information , like clearly written , well - snap , downloadable template filled with instructions for stretch and strengthening . She ’s also created aFITtoGARDEN Channelat YouTube , with professionally produce segments about the health benefit of gardening , proper lifting techniques , compelling understanding for going back to using push reel mowers ( self-aggrandising pixy points from me for alternatives to those gasolene - power , smoke - belchers ) , and my favorite , “ Proper graze Biomechanics , ” if only for the name .

You ’ll find more than body shop mechanic at Stacy ’s site , like healthy cookery baksheesh for your harvest ( and some evilly yummy cookie formula ) , ideas for experience a greener lifestyle , and majuscule horticulture estimate .

Take a few minute of arc and cruise throughFit to Garden . You ’ll come off with useful ideas for making your horticulture time more fun , more generative , and a doing it in a cool , green mode .

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