"Dear Old Uncle Joe"

Traditionally springtime has gardeners across England itching to get back into their flower beds and rockeries after a long winter of inactivity. 

Doctors have warned that many overdo it and end up needing treatment for a host of injuries including “Gardeners' Back“, “Weeder's Wrist” and “Pruner's Neck“. 

The warning was issued by the British College of Osteopathic Medicine, which said, the garden may not always be the friendliest, or the healthiest place, 

Dr Ian Drysdale, College Principal, said, "Every year our clinics prepare themselves for these gardening related injuries, but the majority of them are totally preventable. 

"People don't associate gardening with danger which is the most dangerous thing of all." 

Gardeners should also ease into it so that they give themselves less trauma. 

"Going straight into vigorous gardening is the same as an elite athlete going straight into competition from a break." 

"At this time of year people have not done a lot of gardening or activity for a long time," he said. There is a sunny day and they throw themselves into it. They don't do it for 20 minutes, they dig the whole allotment in three hours or they mow the whole lawn. 

Well, well….. they do nanny us don’t they?

I cannot imagine anyone getting the mower out and then only cutting a quarter of the lawn.

The song was sung in 1929 by Frank Benson, so I don't expect many to know of it, but did you spot who it was written by?