Growing veggies in tune with your physical limits

Growing vegetables has many rewards including the pleasure of eating fresh, tasty veggies, as well as the physical and mental satisfaction that comes from working the soil and getting your hands dirty.

The bending, stretching and lifting that goes into gardening is something that able-bodied people take for granted. But what about gardeners with back-pain, or who have limited strength and mobility, especially those in wheelchairs and using walkers? Is growing veggies out of reach for these people? It doesn’t have to be, and shouldn’t be, because it is possible to design or adapt a veggie garden (and your own expectations) to make it