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Gardening for retirees can be a therapeutic way to pass the time and for many this becomes a great passion and source of enjoyment. It can greatly enrich the lives of seniors and offers both physical and spiritual benefits.

Gardening can be a low impact form of physical exercise, and a properly planned garden can allow seniors in even a weakened physical state to tend a small plot of land. Many assisted living facilities are now allocating some land to community gardens for the benefit of their residents. This allows them to enjoy one of the pleasures of home as they tend to edible crops like tomatoes, peppers, strawberries and watermelons. They get the added benefit of being able to eat the produce they grow and share it with others in the assisted living community.

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Gardening tips can help those growing fescue grass to survive the hot weather. Fescue is an ornamental grass which likes cooler weather and it is at its best during the spring and fall. Late summer is the time for some fescue repair after the summer heat. Bermuda is another popular lawn grass which loves the hot weather, but it tends to get brown during the winter.

Things that can damage a fescue lawn in the summer include fungus, weeds, bugs and drought. If your lawn is looking stressed, the first thing to do is to kill the weeds that may have grown during the summer. You can find products at local gardening supply stores which will kill weeds without nuking the grass. The next step is to rake the lawn by hand to expose new soil so the lawn can rejuvenate itself from new seeds.

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The most popular new herb garden plants are of a more exotic variety, as more American gardeners plant things like shiso, ginger root and stevia to spice up their gardens and dinner plates.

The trend is linked to a growing interest in global cuisines added to an increased interest in home cooking. Growing your own herb garden is an excellent way to save money on exotic herbs, which can sometimes be very pricey in the grocery stores. An herb garden can provide the home chef with a supply of fresh herbs all summer long. Nurseries around the country are stocking a wider variety of herbs as both experienced and novice gardeners embrace the edible landscape concept. Even those who don't have room for a vegetable garden can find space to grow some herbs in pots.

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