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Gardening can reduce stress and calms down the mind, besides preventing many diseases from heart diseases to cancers. You benefit greatly both physically and mentally through gardening. Though there are so many benefits of gardening, it accompanies few injuries if proper care is not taken. Here are a few simple tips to help you avoid injuries while gardening.

Start with warm-up

Doing a bit of warm up before you start your gardening work is a brilliant idea during monsoon and winter season. This will help in loosening your muscles. It is better to approach gardening same as work out, as it involves a lot of stretch outs and other motion exercises.

Take breaks

It is always good to take intermittent breaks instead of doing a job at a stretch for more than 20 minutes. Instead of imposing more pressure on your back during digging, bend your knees and make use of your leg muscles.

Use right tools

Using equipments with long hands will be helpful for people with back problems. To avoid minor injuries due to gardening equipment or insect bites, wear gloves. Pick the best tools and gardening equipment to avoid most injuries during gardening.

Opt organic pesticides

It’s a great idea to use organic pesticides to avoid any accidental poisoning. Even wet waste from the kitchen could be used to prepare manure by yourself. Next time you boil your vegetables, pour the water into the pots of your plants. You will be left with a surprise to see your plant’s response to vegetable soup.

- Sumana