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LOL, I cleared out an overgrown perennial bed yesterday. The Snow in Summer had taken over. Four wheelbarrows out to the dump pile. I saved the lamium, poppies, geranium, and a few other things. It took me five hours.
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05-15-2005, 05:06 AM #1
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Does gardening count as cross training?
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If I don't get out there and dig up my beds, there will be no homemade salsa this summer!! I've got tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, tomatillos all languishing in their little pots. So I gave up a Saturday ride to dig out some weeds. Here's what my strawberry bed looks like after last summer's "cycling" neglect (a friend is helping me dig). Anyway, can I consider gardening weight-bearing training?
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05-15-2005, 08:05 AM #2
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05-15-2005, 08:06 AM #3
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yes! Gardening counts. You get range of motion, weight bearing excercise....and yummy salsa so it's nutrition.
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05-15-2005, 12:48 PM #4
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I like your little friend! I've got four fig trees and two tomato plants that need planting. I am trying out those planters where the tomato plant is upside down. So far, I'm not impressed as the two plants I did get planted are getting beat up by the wind. My biggest wish in gardening life is to get a fig tree to make it. I love figs and paying $7.00 pound for black mission figs at the grocery store is pricey. So far, I've not had much luck, but am trying again! I am successful with my herb garden, good thing herbs are like weeds and do better with neglect.
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05-15-2005, 05:55 PM #5
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You bet it counts!
A good day of yard work leaves me more sore than whatever I do at the gym! All that squatting, bending, shoveling, lifting and walking is hard work. Looks like you've got a little helper, though!
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05-15-2005, 06:24 PM #6
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The little helper later found a good spot in the septic field and had a refreshing wallow - we both had to have a bath!!
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05-15-2005, 06:34 PM #7
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Let's see.......
working muscles different from bike ones, a feeling of accomplishment and happiness with some inner peace.
Yep, same as any other excercise-it counts!
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05-18-2005, 12:15 PM #8
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darn straight it counts... as cross training! upper body workout for sure...
I'm an avid gardener and have xeriscaped my yard and also designed several of my friends yards too... it can definitely be HARD and physically demanding work...
sounds like you all some great gardens going too!There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".
