Save Your Back!

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Backaches can occur from too much bending and stooping while planting. To give your back a break, try using a three-foot section of PVC pipe with a steep-angled hole at one end, then insert it into the ground and simply drop the seed from the other end. Cover the seeds with a hoe or rake. (And you don't even have to bend once!)