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Vent: My knees are shot from all the squatting in the garden.
I mean, I love my veggie patch, but idk, maybe it's just me but my knees are killing me after a day of planting beans. I spent all Saturday crouched down, and now I can barely walk without wincing. It's like every time I bend, there's this sharp pain. I thought gardening was supposed to be good for you, but here I am, popping pain meds just to get through the day. I even tried using a knee pad, but it keeps sliding on the damp soil. Now I'm worried I messed up my joints for good. Maybe I need to change how I garden or something, but it's so frustrating when all I want is some fresh tomatoes.
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luna_shah7mo ago
Try putting your knee pad on top of a cheap plastic bag, it totally stops the slide. Evanschmidt is right about them being useless on mud otherwise. Saved my knees last season.
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dakota_burns837mo ago
My buddy learned @evanschmidt's lesson the hard way, slid right down a muddy slope last week before we told him about the bag trick.
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evanschmidt7mo ago
Oh man, welcome to the club... my knees sound like a bowl of rice krispies every time I stand up from weeding. It's the universe's cruel joke that a chill hobby comes with the same joint pain as a pro athlete, but our trophy is just a zucchini. Those knee pads are a total scam on wet ground, I end up just sitting right in the mud like a sad garden gnome.
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hunt.nora7mo ago
Luna's bag trick sounds clever, but does it actually hold up when you're moving around a lot? Or is it just another thing to fuss with?
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