Jun
15
2009
It Is Never Too Late To Start Gardening…
Author: siggyIt is never too late to start gardening: I am sixty-one and trying to find activities I enjoy and that in the process will keep me in shape. I am gradually doing more gardening. My wife can not physically do as much any more.
I love flowers and raising tomatoes. Growing up we had a small but wonderful garden. I always loved viewing other peoples gardens and observing the fruits of their labor.
I was really out of shape. The first thing I did was get a personal trainer: his rates are really cheap and “Tilla” as we call him never refuses a walk. It is amazing to me what a little exercise can do. I am also playing basketball in the park. I am taking my time about getting my wind back.
In my youth I played a lot of basketball and tennis and ping pong which I loved. I found out it was getting increasingly hard to find activities I enjoyed. Finally I started walking my dog. It is .8 miles around my block. I also started mowing my lawn again (I usually hired someone to do that). All of a sudden my sleep became solid.
Gardening is just another activity I enjoy. The more exercise I can do the better. I have always hated exercise for exercise sake but believed in finding activities I enjoyed and in the process got into shape. Gardening is another activity I have just taken up.
I absolutely loved the many flowers my wife has planted on our property. And I also love eating vine-ripened tomatoes. Thus my incentive to garden. It is never too late to start a new activity even at my age. So gardening is the latest activity I have started.