Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up use by a person who has
back problems so can't work in bending posture.

I looked at Amazon and various brands had their fans. We can afford to
pay any reasonable amount for one, but can't afford to experiment with
many versions at $25-$30 each!

Availability at Home Depot / Target etc would be convenient, but I can
mail order too.

In article , Newbie
wrote:

Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up use by a person who has
back problems so can't work in bending posture.

I looked at Amazon and various brands had their fans. We can afford to
pay any reasonable amount for one, but can't afford to experiment with
many versions at $25-$30 each!

Availability at Home Depot / Target etc would be convenient, but I can
mail order too.

I've got a weed puller that looks like a giant pair of pliers. Stands
about 3 feet high and is made of a hard wood. It has two inch metal
clampers at the working edge. I looked about and found nada.
From Smith & Hawken's 30 years ago. Cost was about $35 then.

Good luck!

Bill

--
Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA
Neat place .. http://www.petersvalley.org/
http://www.saltspringseeds.com/

Persephone wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:28:04 -0500, Newbie wrote:

Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up use by a person who has
back problems so can't work in bending posture.

I totally sympathize, having back problems myself, but can't image a
standup weed puller being practical. If there is one, congrats!

I solve the problem by kneeling. If there's quite a patch to do, I
may even lie down, favoring my (car accident damage) hand, and weed
with the other.

Hope you don't also have kneeling problems...just sharing my
experience.


No one should bend over to pull weeds. It should be done kneeling. I've
found that one of those raised kneeler benches works well. The grips on
each side help to control the velocity of descent and take a lot of
strain off the back -- and give you something to push off against when
returning to standing position --, and the kneeling surface is (for me)
much more comfortable than kneeling directly on the ground or even one
of those pad jobbies.

Garden centers sell them. You can also find them on the internet. But I
got mine at Target:

http://tinyurl.com/5vlznm

Pennyaline wrote:

Persephone wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:28:04 -0500, Newbie
wrote:

Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up
use by a person who has back problems so can't
work in bending posture.

I totally sympathize, having back problems
myself, but can't image a
standup weed puller being practical. If there
is one, congrats!

I solve the problem by kneeling. If there's
quite a patch to do, I may even lie down,
favoring my (car accident damage) hand, and
weed with the other.

Hope you don't also have kneeling
problems...just sharing my experience.


No one should bend over to pull weeds. It should
be done kneeling. I've found that one of those
raised kneeler benches works well. The grips on
each side help to control the velocity of
descent and take a lot of strain off the back --
and give you something to push off against when
returning to standing position --, and the
kneeling surface is (for me) much more
comfortable than kneeling directly on the ground
or even one of those pad jobbies.

Garden centers sell them. You can also find them
on the internet. But I got mine at Target:

http://tinyurl.com/5vlznm

I have found that sitting on my butt on the ground
and leaning forward actually helps with my back
problems. I have bilateral and central spinal
stenosis and I think the leaning forward from
sitting actually helps decompress the lumbar
vertibrae. I merely scoot along the ground on my
butt and don't stand up between.

In article ,
"Paul E. Lehmann" wrote:

Pennyaline wrote:

Persephone wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:28:04 -0500, Newbie
wrote:

Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up
use by a person who has back problems so can't
work in bending posture.

I totally sympathize, having back problems
myself, but can't image a
standup weed puller being practical. If there
is one, congrats!

I solve the problem by kneeling. If there's
quite a patch to do, I may even lie down,
favoring my (car accident damage) hand, and
weed with the other.

Hope you don't also have kneeling
problems...just sharing my experience.


No one should bend over to pull weeds. It should
be done kneeling. I've found that one of those
raised kneeler benches works well. The grips on
each side help to control the velocity of
descent and take a lot of strain off the back --
and give you something to push off against when
returning to standing position --, and the
kneeling surface is (for me) much more
comfortable than kneeling directly on the ground
or even one of those pad jobbies.

Garden centers sell them. You can also find them
on the internet. But I got mine at Target:

http://tinyurl.com/5vlznm

I have found that sitting on my butt on the ground
and leaning forward actually helps with my back
problems. I have bilateral and central spinal
stenosis and I think the leaning forward from
sitting actually helps decompress the lumbar
vertibrae. I merely scoot along the ground on my
butt and don't stand up between.

Perhaps I should wrote that the weed puller I mentioned is for serious
weeds like brambles and poison ivy etc. Lesser weeds fall prey to my
trusty hula hoe , the warren , Japanese garden knife or Japanese hand
hoes. The latter true requires being close to the earth. The idea of
standing got me going.

Bill

--
Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA
Neat place .. http://www.petersvalley.org/
http://www.saltspringseeds.com/

Put 'weed puller' into a Google search and you'll get more hits than you
know what to choose from.
I had a "Grandpa's Weeder", http://tiny.cc/yWwWH best stand up type weed
puller ever IMO. Works slick and with very little effort. My son has it now,
it was the first thing he grabbed when I was cleaning out my garden shed.
Works especially well on those weeds with tap roots, and deep root systems.
I've seen them at Home Depot and Ace Hardware. Anyway the link I put up has
a good picture of the tool so you'll know what to look for if you decide to
try it.

Val

"Newbie" wrote in message
...
Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up use by a person who has
back problems so can't work in bending posture.

I looked at Amazon and various brands had their fans. We can afford to
pay any reasonable amount for one, but can't afford to experiment with
many versions at $25-$30 each!

Availability at Home Depot / Target etc would be convenient, but I can
mail order too.

On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:28:04 -0500, Newbie wrote:

Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up use by a person who has
back problems so can't work in bending posture.

I looked at Amazon and various brands had their fans. We can afford to
pay any reasonable amount for one, but can't afford to experiment with
many versions at $25-$30 each!

Availability at Home Depot / Target etc would be convenient, but I can
mail order too.

I found trying to pull weeds works best by hand, plus doing it after a
rain helps. Dandelions have long tap roots, other weeds may just
break into pieces. I would not think there was a single tool to take
care of them all. Raised beds are easier on the back and can be a
good choice for handicapped. I have seen small plastic carts on
wheels that have storage and a cushion to sit while working the
ground.

If you don't buy a good one, it won't do a good job on the harder
weeds. I'm recovering from full hip replacement (6weeks ago), and
yesterday I spent 3 hours sitting in a chair pulling weeds with the
weed puller I got from A.M Leonard catalogue.
I read some reviews on Amazon.com on some of the cheaper ones and
people complained that they didn't work well on tough weeds. Your back
is worth the extra few dollars to get one that will do the best job
with the least stress on your body.

Regards,
June

very interesting topic cause I was out the other day cutting the wire fence off of my
new grape vine and I had the wire cutter/pliers in my hand and I bent over (wont work
for you) grabbed one of those tree seedlings from hell and pulled and the whole thing
came up a charm. normally the leaves all strip off and the dang thing just grows
back. Ingrid

On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:28:04 -0500, Newbie wrote:

Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up use by a person who has
back problems so can't work in bending posture.

I looked at Amazon and various brands had their fans. We can afford to
pay any reasonable amount for one, but can't afford to experiment with
many versions at $25-$30 each!

Availability at Home Depot / Target etc would be convenient, but I can
mail order too.

ehhhhhhhhh... yup.


On Wed, 21 May 2008 14:41:55 -0400, Bill wrote:

In article , Newbie
wrote:

Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up use by a person who has
back problems so can't work in bending posture.

I looked at Amazon and various brands had their fans. We can afford to
pay any reasonable amount for one, but can't afford to experiment with
many versions at $25-$30 each!

Availability at Home Depot / Target etc would be convenient, but I can
mail order too.

I've got a weed puller that looks like a giant pair of pliers. Stands
about 3 feet high and is made of a hard wood. It has two inch metal
clampers at the working edge. I looked about and found nada.
From Smith & Hawken's 30 years ago. Cost was about $35 then.

Good luck!

Bill

In article , Persephone wrote:

On Thu, 22 May 2008 04:51:25 -0700 (PDT), June
wrote:

If you don't buy a good one, it won't do a good job on the harder
weeds. I'm recovering from full hip replacement (6weeks ago), and
yesterday I spent 3 hours sitting in a chair pulling weeds with the
weed puller I got from A.M Leonard catalogue.
I read some reviews on Amazon.com on some of the cheaper ones and
people complained that they didn't work well on tough weeds. Your back
is worth the extra few dollars to get one that will do the best job
with the least stress on your body.

Regards,
June
CONGRATULATIONS on your successful surgery! I hope
the recovery proceeds smoothly.

REAL gardeners never give up! I remember coming out of the
hospital years agoafter a hiking accident necessitating surgery to my
leg. Everything was overgrown with weeds. I just sat on my butt
and pulled myself around, pulliing weeds as I pulled.

Persephone

And of course, you can make the job easier, if you wet the ground in
advance.
--

Billy
Bush Behind Bars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related

On May 22, 10:21*am, Billy wrote:
In article , Persephone wrote:
On Thu, 22 May 2008 04:51:25 -0700 (PDT), June
wrote:

If you don't buy a good one, it won't do a good job on the harder
weeds. I'm recovering from full hip replacement (6weeks ago), and
yesterday I spent 3 hours sitting in a chair pulling weeds with the
weed puller I got from A.M Leonard catalogue.
I read some reviews on Amazon.com on some of the cheaper ones and
people complained that they didn't work well on tough weeds. Your back
is worth the extra few dollars to get one that will do the best job
with the least stress on your body.

Regards,
June
*CONGRATULATIONS on your successful surgery! *I hope
the recovery proceeds smoothly. *

REAL gardeners never give up! *I remember coming out of the
hospital years agoafter a hiking accident necessitating surgery to my
leg. Everything was overgrown with weeds. *I just sat on my butt
and pulled myself around, pulliing weeds as I pulled.

Persephone

And of course, you can make the job easier, if you wet the ground in
advance.
--

Billy
Bush Behind Barshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick..nethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo59c7zU&feature=related- Hide quoted text -

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First, let me disclose upfront that I make and sell a tool called the
Ergonica Weed Twister.

It's not too expensive, considering the size of deep roots it can
extract. You can choose from several lengths, in addition to the new
drill-powered Turbo Weed Twister.

Check out YouTube for some informative clips of various weed pulling
tools, including the Ergonica Weed Twister.

Not found in local retailers. Most innovative tools for weeds are
also not found on retail shelves. You can look at ergonica.com/
weeder_features.htm for a comprehensive, although somewhat biased,
view of what's on the market for weeding tools of all sizes, shapes
and costs.

Pick your stick, muscles optional!

On May 21, 2:28*pm, Newbie wrote:
Please recommend a weed-puller for stand up use by a person who has
back problems so can't work in bending posture.

I looked at Amazon and various brands had their fans. We can afford to
pay any reasonable amount for one, but can't afford to experiment with
many versions at $25-$30 each!

Availability at Home Depot / Target etc would be convenient, but I can
mail order too.

i've used this thing for a few years now. http://www.hound-dog.com/weed_hound.htm
works well, even on deep roots, hasn't rusted any yet either. got it
at lowes, i think