Wow!!! This is interesting, the waist strap stool is interesting Sjoerd, never knew such a thing existed Cayuga Morning, yes indeed it helps the old joints to keep changing positions. I always make sure I get up and walk around after 30 minutes or so if not I'll need lots of effort to get up and I'll be wobbly for awhile. This is my little stool that I carry around with me when I work in the garden. I first saw it when I was in England in 2015 and was really impressed with it. I did not buy it because I had a little stool back home that I was using. Not long after we came back my little stool of about 30 years gave up and luckily our regular hardware shop started to sell this type of stool. We were told that this item is new in their list and they just arrived a couple of days ago. When folded the stool is very flat with a handle and it is very easy to carry around and store. It is also strong enough to stand on it. The plants behind the stool are those from the soil block
KK, your plants look fabulous! bend over. kneel. squat (which is not quite as easy as it used to be), whatever works for the moment.
Kk your soul block plants are doing very well! I like your still contraption. Yes, for these things to actually be usable, they have to be light and easily carried.
Cayu-- Well, it is a bit awkward, but in the stall you just plop it down and lean in or lean to the side and when you are done, you just stand up and move on to the next cow. Since the thing is hanging on your waist, you have your hands free to carry the melk pail and a hand full of feed for the next cow. Of course farmers now have a hundred cows or so and use robots to milk them--how times change. The romance is gone. I can recall how happy I was to sit on the stool and lean with my cheek against the cow's flank as I milked the beast and talked to her sweetly as I did. KK--I like that little thing that you use. We have similar wooden things here and we call them "stove's" . Originally they were open on one side so that one could slide in a container with coals in them. It was for warming the feet.
Sjoerd, it looks ,like a torture item with the straps...HA! I see where you are coming from with the cows. My knees are wrecked so I have a gardener now. I may buy this item though...it’s supposed to very light weight. https://www.qvcuk.com/Grumpy-Gardener-Wonder-Shovel.product.518259.html?sc=SRCH
You can guess my posture when I removed this poison ivy from its garden home. I did have, prepared ahead of time, a bucket of soapy water for my hands and a plastic bag for the plant.
Gotta admire a guy with dirty knees! I hope the soapy water worked its wonders and you aren't red and itchy.
Geez - pretty brave @Jerry Sullivan yanking out poison ivy with your bare hands. Poison ivy is one type of plant I do not have to deal with here but I do have extremely thorny blackberry bushes. I'm usually with boots, leather gloves and posturing all around it in order to get a good grip and yank it out.
My poison ivy story lives here for all those interested. I'm still hunting for my wheelbarrow seat. Among 50,000 pictures. Jerry
I'm fortunate even at my advanced age, that I'm quite happy to get down on my hands and knees to weed, or plant stuff when necessary. I do have the seat of one of my wife's several old exrecise machines (which in turn were mostly used on which to hang clothes to air) to act as a "kneeler," but I often don't bother. I do have a set of small tools, trowel, fork, hoe, etc., that have a couple of screw-in extensions which brings them up to as much as three feet in length. I mostly use just one to close up the occasional "golf pitch marks" in the lawn, made by a squirrel burying nuts.
Here is a pix of my garden resting spot. I have a very handy 5 Gallon multipurpose bucket seat but it is in the tool shed and the temperature has to be above 60°F before I venture into it. Jerry
Thanks Carolyn, can't wait for them to reach maturity Thanks Cayuga Morning, I have done some changes to improve on the quality of the soil blocks. Will make another posting depending on the outcome Sjoerd, having a second look at it it does look like a stove. Jerry nice photos, you look like a very serious no nonsense gardener with the dirt on the knees
