Gardeners' World star Sue Kent was praised for her 'ingenious' washing hack after sharing how she does it with her upper limb disability. The gardening expert is a regular on out TV screens after joining the BBC Two show as a presenter in 2021. Sue was born with arms eight inches long, no thumbs and seven fingers - three on one hand, four on the other.
Her upper limb disability is as a result of her mother being prescribed Thalidomide for morning sickness. Sue, an RHS ambassador for disability inclusions, shared her technique for hanging her washing out on Instagram. she explained: "I love my lawn with its cut grass.
On a hot day, I can dry may large laundry items in no time. Read more Gardeners' World star Sue Kent's disability, family and career outside gardening "They can all be laid out with my feet and folded. Whenever I have to peg things out, I have to use my teeth, the pegs don’t behave well and bruise my lips.
"This is much easier. #LifeHack #laundryroom #sunpower #lateralthinking . #lawnlove.
" Her followers were full of praise for the technique. Barbarajenkins1 wrote: "Ingenious as ever! Laying over a lavendar hedge might be nice too..
. just had my first visit to Wisley ..
. wow." "That's a great idea! Our gardens work hard for us in so many ways and drying washing is one way our garden helps us.
I would love to see a garden design at a big show that includes space to dry washing," primrosedreaming commented. "Brilliant idea Sue, plus no creases for you to iron, yo.
