{"id":6813,"date":"2021-09-02T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T17:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/?p=6813"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:47:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:47:10","slug":"raised-bed-gardening-the-reality-sets-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/2021\/09\/02\/raised-bed-gardening-the-reality-sets-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Raised Bed Gardening: The Reality Sets In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ketra Crosson, Occupational Therapist, Independent Living Specialist<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since I have been experiencing increased joint issues in my hips, knees, and ankles, I have developed a love\/hate relationship with gardening.\u00a0 I find that I have about a 1-hour tolerance before my body starts to say, \u201cEnough!\u201d.\u00a0 My activities include repetitive standing-up and kneeling-down; walking on uneven or hard surfaces, or standing in one place for too long. \u00a0 Even with stopping after 1 hour and doing something else, I can still be very sore and stiff for 1-2 days afterward. \u00a0 The associated pain I endure with these activities is also energy-sapping.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Maine AgrAbility has developed a short set of yoga stretches to use. These movements can help you to relax and recharge throughout your day to stay healthy. <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5322 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Yoga Stretches for Farmers poster\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-93x140.jpg 93w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-317x478.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-423x638.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-634x957.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-846x1277.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt-951x1435.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/YogaForFarmers-opt.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,679px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ketra Crosson, Occupational Therapist, Independent Living Specialist Since I have been experiencing increased joint issues in my hips, knees, and ankles, I have developed a love\/hate relationship with gardening.\u00a0 I find that I have about a 1-hour tolerance before my body starts to say, \u201cEnough!\u201d.\u00a0 My activities include repetitive standing-up and kneeling-down; walking on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"66","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine-agrability-blog"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":66,"label":"Maine AgrAbility Blog"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/author\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":66,"name":"Maine AgrAbility Blog","slug":"maine-agrability-blog","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":66,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":50,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":66,"category_count":50,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Maine AgrAbility Blog","category_nicename":"maine-agrability-blog","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6813"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6924,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6813\/revisions\/6924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}