Questions tagged [safety]

For safety questions in gardens.

As anywhere, there are safety issues in the gardening and when gardening. Use this tag for all safety questions. Some examples of safety issues in gardening are:

Poisonous plants, and plants that can sting / have spines
Handling of chemical pesticides
Use of saws, especially chainsaws

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Personal Health: Garden Labor and back injury

Hopefully on-topic enough: What guidelines should gardeners follow in order to avoid back injuries and other health problems that could crop up in old age? Are all intensive gardeners doomed to some health problems from bending, hacking, whacking,…

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asked May 08 '12 at 20:14

themirror

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Recycling potting mix with perlite: Would I get garden soil with perlite dust?

I'm a fan of recycling, and it's not about money. Chopped plant material is disposed into the compost pile. Even old potting mix does not go to the landfill, but rather to that same pile. I often use the old peat/coir based potting soil to balance…

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asked Mar 24 '24 at 20:10

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