Good morning!!!!

[sixdogs]

I kind of said that and I do not have a big enough garden. But I think I said it is not a good cardiac exercise (or at least insinuated that).

I think you proved me right if you can also dance (and sing) while hoeing.

I will put hoeing on the cardiac exercise list If you tell me your heart rate and how long you sustained that elevated heart rate while hoeing. I can wait a few weeks for the weeds to return but then I will be expecting a report. :reminder:

Well,I just do the normal cardio that we all should do and the hoeing (and associated dancing; no singing) is icing on the cake. It doesn't hurt and I can easily walk thousands of steps in the yard/farm area while just doing what I normally do and a lot of it works up a pretty good sweat. Plant a big garden and you win in a couple different ways. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

 

[farmgirl19]

I kind of said that and I do not have a big enough garden. But I think I said it is not a good cardiac exercise (or at least insinuated that).

I think you proved me right if you can also dance (and sing) while hoeing.

I will put hoeing on the cardiac exercise list If you tell me your heart rate and how long you sustained that elevated heart rate while hoeing. I can wait a few weeks for the weeds to return but then I will be expecting a report. :reminder:

Well, I wasn't singing, but was hoeing to the beat of the music. I was keeping that activity sustained for an hour at a time, then came in to rehydrate, and back out again. Bet it was as good as jogging for an hour!

I have a good sized garden, and it was pretty overgorwn in a lot of areas. I had hoed out the tomato section, in March, but not the rest of it. Last summer, at the peak of growing season, my mom ended up in the hospital for 3 months. The garden went to seed and weeds and grass. Made it more of a chore, than it should have been, but only have 24 more feet to go!

And it is really sad when a girl's dancing partner is a hoe. It means I have to lead! :dance1:

 

[sixdogs]

We plant a 54' by 60' garden and that's a workout, but I do keep the weeds down. Going to put down nearly three acres of lawn fertilizer soon--1700 lbs--with a hand/push fertilizer spreader and I'd say it would qualify as a cardio workout. You can get a lot of excellent exercise just doing yardwork and other chores the hard way. Works for me. But no dancing in the garden. People would talk.

 

[RoyJackson]

2013-04-07, 0840

37 right now and a high of 55 predicted. Probably some light snow and rain, per the forecast.

I must admit, I'm surprised most of you gardeners aren't using PTO powered tillers.

Keep up the good work, farmgirl19!!!

 

[deerseeker001]

its overcast now suppose to get partly sunny today.its 31 now getting up 44 today.the snow is going slowly and its a muddy mess.

 

[300UGUY]

Got some respitory crud going here. Wife and I are both having a hard time.

 

[Buppies]

Today is supposed to be almost 70 by afternoon but have been visiting in S.C. Since Friday so only keeping up with weather via computer. Today's weather here is supposed to be low 70s so trip home should be delightful. Grass will probably need to be mowed again but no chance of rain or snow until Friday

 

[farmgirl19]

2013-04-07, 0840

37 right now and a high of 55 predicted. Probably some light snow and rain, per the forecast.

I must admit, I'm surprised most of you gardeners aren't using PTO powered tillers.

Keep up the good work, farmgirl19!!!

Thanks, Roy!

I have the garden area fenced off from wildlife, such as deer, etc. Can't get the tractor in there. Besides, gardening by hand is good for the mind, soul and waistline!

 

[RoyJackson]

Thanks, Roy!

I have the garden area fenced off from wildlife, such as deer, etc. Can't get the tractor in there. Besides, gardening by hand is good for the mind, soul and waistline!

Good points!

 

[JDgreen227]

2013-04-07, 0840

37 right now and a high of 55 predicted. Probably some light snow and rain, per the forecast.

I must admit, I'm surprised most of you gardeners aren't using PTO powered tillers
Keep up the good work, farmgirl19!!!

Roy, my garden is about 28'X60' and completely fenced in, although there is a 7 foot wide gate at one end, putting a $3,000 PTO mount tiller on the back of my Deere would be a really futile exercise...to till the garden plot would require backing up constantly and the turning required would compress all the tilled soil. I have always used a 5 HP Rally 24" front tine tiller, it's really good exercise manhandling that thing around the plot...and when it digs up a stone I can use a pick up tool to reach the stone and put it in a pail. Try doing that from a tractor seat.