Posture police!

[dragonjaze]

When working on small garden beds, such as flower beds or such, do you prefer to sit, stand, or kneel?

Now, I'm not talking acres here, I'm talking about weeding and planting and such in a small bed.

Maybe an odd question, but there's a family discussion going on about it, and I was curious as to some of your responses.

[sisterpine]

I prefer to sit on the edge of a raised bed or in the dirt near a regular flower bed. Sometimes I sit on a piece of old rug or some such.

[olivehill]

I alternate between standing and squatting.

[Alice In TX/MO]

Milk stool set by the raised beds.

[mistletoad]

Mostly I shuffle along on my bum when I am hand weeding. In really dense areas I might even lie down so I can see better and reach further.

[Jokarva]

I have one of those rolling garden carts, generally I'm sitting on that. Otherwise squatting. A friend got me gardening stuff including a kneeling foam thing - I will never use it.

[Parttimefarmer]

Shuffle on bum also.

[MullersLaneFarm]

I'm on my hands and knees when weeding thick weeds or right around plants, otherwise I use a scuffle hoe.

[Callieslamb]

My beds are large so I have to be able to get up and down and reach a long ways - which works best of me on my knees. But it's a delicate balance to make sure the neighbors don't get the full effect of my best side.

[Danaus29]

Depends on how my hip and back are feeling and the size of the weeds. Thistles that were hiding in the okra require you to stand.

[pheasantplucker]

I use any and all positions...my body can't stand to be in the same position for more than five or so minutes so I'm constantly changing.

[galfriend]

Close encounter of the garden kind for me. I'm on the ground in any and all positions, up close and personal.

[jwal10]

Standing, bent over or kneeling with knee pads.I have rough cut 2"x12" cedar beds and 1/2 barrel pots....James

[ronbre]

because I can't get up from ground where there isn't something to pull up on, I stand

[Our Little Farm]

Stand with a D hoe, bend over for some weeds or kneel for closer work.

I think you should just do what is comfortable for you. If someone is giving you grief about it, tell them the weeding is all theirs.

OLF

[Beeman]

Most of it depends on how badly you've damaged yourself in the past.

[oregon woodsmok]

I have raised beds specifically so I can stand.

Weeds not in the raised beds get weed whacked or hoed.

[ajaxlucy]

Originally Posted by Danaus29

Depends on how my hip and back are feeling and the size of the weeds. Thistles that were hiding in the okra require you to stand.

So true!!

I usually squat or crouch. If I'm working in the raised beds I'm very thankful for the edge to sit on.