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Hi All,

After a recent knee replacement I cannot kneel or squat to weed the veggie patch, standing  bending over is making my back ache >:(

I wondered if anyone had a design or plan for a stool that could be used, I think one with rockers on the bottom would be good too :)


Thanks in advance
Gill

I bought a rocking stool from ebay. It goes from side to side, backwards & for wards & has a cushion with pockets for tools. I find it very good.

Hello

Dont have any plans as such but I did find this on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GARDENERS-STOOL-AND-TOOL-BAG-WITH-5-PCE-TOOL-SET_W0QQitemZ120434831176QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_GardenEquipment_HandTools_SM?hash=item1c0a79af48&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1683|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GARDENERS-STOOL-AND-TOOL-BAG-WITH-5-PCE-TOOL-SET_W0QQitemZ120434831176QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_GardenEquipment_HandTools_SM?hash=item1c0a79af48&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1683%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)

and this on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/5A0000-Garden-Hopper-Mobile-Storage/dp/B00004W430

I have bad knees so know how you feel, luckily I am ok with a decent pair of knee pads.

Hope that helps

Chris

I have had two knee replacements and know the problem Gill.  I use an old cushion to sit on but can only use it if there is someone to help me up when I have finished.  I usually manage to shuffle it along when I want to weed the next bit.  

The real answer is to have everything so well mulched so that weeds are kept to a minimum.  

Just had a hunt on ebay & it was a vertex rocking garden stool. £9.99

Ha. I must clean my glasses more often. I was wondering why anyone would want to go to school just to learn how to do weeding.  ::)

with having raised beds, I can use a folding fishing stool to work on them, also, easily stored away  :)

I don't know if you have ever seen anyone laying flooring on an industrial scale or ever seen chaps on building sites with knee pads I should think these will be ideal for the weeding down the lotty rather than keep messing about with a kneeling pad, on e-bay you can get a set of gelled filled knee pads for £15.00, :)

I have a pair of bright green knee pads. Trouble is I often forget to take them off and wonder why I get strange looks picking the kids up from school.

They do work pretty well.

Maybe you could adapt this one. cheaper to buy one already made,

http://www.stansplans.com/romanchair.html

I have several small cable drums dotted around the allotment that i use,got them from an electrical wholesalers,they throw them out.They are perfect,for me anyway :)

I have had a massive distal femoral prosthetic knee replacement, I have to sit on my rear to do weeding. I am fortunate enough to be able to get back up without too much difficulty, but kneeling is just impossible.

Digging is tough, I have had to teach myself not to stamp down with my prosthetic knee, which is the way it feels natural. I suffered a spontaneous fracture to the stem of the proximal tibial component a few yeas ago, my surgeon thinks the forces involved in digging hard ground may have been the cause. It was a truly nightmare situation and I was very fortunate not to suffer any nerve or arterial damage from the trauma.

  Thanks for the help

Prefer to use a hoe myself and keep standing.  Do not like kneeling - hurts my knees.  Planting a real problem the ground seems to be getting further away.  Do it akimbo, but finding getting up increasingly difficult.  Could do with a device which holds the plants and allows planting standing up. 

You are right I should be getting a stool to sit on.   

I bought a kneeler/stepstool from Aldi some time ago.  You either use it as a stool or reverse it to kneel on.  The sides can then be used to help you up. 
I cannot find the rocking stool on ebay.  Can you help me?   Many thanks.

Hi Tomatoada,

Is this the kind of thing you mean?

http://www.pdsashop.co.uk/product/garden_rocker_seat_524492

Thanks for reply.  I will study it.  It says it is no longer available.  Did I see the name vertex rocking stool mentioned somewhere?

Quote from: Mr Smith on June 24, 2009, 17:44:25
I don't know if you have ever seen anyone laying flooring on an industrial scale or ever seen chaps on building sites with knee pads I should think these will be ideal for the weeding down the lotty rather than keep messing about with a kneeling pad, on e-bay you can get a set of gelled filled knee pads for £15.00, :)

Not even gel filled knee pads would be any use after a total knee replacement operation as kneeling is impossible.  Like amphibian, I have to sit on my rear on a cushion or squat down if there are just a few weeds needing to be pulled out. 

My son bought me a kneeler/step stool just before I had my first op but I have never been able to use it (I have never told him).  It is not steady enough to sit on and kneeling is impossible now.

I am looking for something similar as kneeling is now becoming too painful.
So far the best thing I saw was a rolling work seat but it is only available in the USA.
However these two items look very promising but I haven't yet decided which may be the best for my needs.

A rolling seat at
http://www.betterlifehealthcare.com/products.php?catID=57&subID=661

and
a rocking seat at amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000XT40CM/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p86_t1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0J1V1GGG50GXDJK7ZJTE&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467198433&pf_rd_i=468294

I hope this is useful and helps us to carry on gardening.

I use one of wilkies seats/kneelers. You could probably sit on thekneelin part cos its well off the ground.

Thanks Shirlton, I have been using one of those for the last few years, but I now need something more stable as my knees are so stiff that I tip over when I try to get up from such a low point. My knees no longer bend as they used to since an injury last year as the joint has some fusion which restricts movement.

However I do want to carry on gardening on my allotment so I am constantly on the lookout for anything that helps, including the long reach tools which I do find helpful.

Hi Sheilan. I've got the one that they have on Amazon although I got mine from ebay & it was a lot cheaper. I've had a look on ebay & I don't think they have it anymore. I loaned it to my son in law who is 6'3" & has restricted mobility in his knee joints & he found it helpful.

Quote from: grannyjanny on July 28, 2009, 20:17:54
Hi Sheilan. I've got the one that they have on Amazon although I got mine from ebay & it was a lot cheaper. I've had a look on ebay & I don't think they have it anymore. I loaned it to my son in law who is 6'3" & has restricted mobility in his knee joints & he found it helpful.

Thanks grannyjanny, that really is useful to know.

Thanks all for your help, I found a kneeler type stool that you can turn up the other way and makes a stool, works really well

Quote from: Eristic on June 24, 2009, 10:36:50
Ha. I must clean my glasses more often. I was wondering why anyone would want to go to school just to learn how to do weeding.  ::)

:) :) :) :) :)