[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Hello friends, if you never thought to have a garden before these top ten reasons to start might have you changing your tune and pulling out the gardening tools. This month is we celebrate Earth Day this is a great tool to get you and the family on a hands on journey to help change the world, eat better, protect the environment by eating and growing very locally, create more fresh air, get exercise, and so on, the list goes on. Here is to your health and the health of our world, spades up!
Until next time, enjoy the journey,
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- Save money: It is not expensive to start a little home grown garden, and depending on the rollercoaster ride varying price range of healthy organic, fruits, vegetables and herbs, a garden can save you some serious moolah.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2302″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2303″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]2. Get some exercise and vitamin D: Gardening is just another way to get a healthy amount of vitamin D in the sun and a bit of exercise as well, that pays of in more then keeping your thighs trim, but also your wallet fat.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]3. Save the Earth: The current condition of our foods and how we get it is taking a great toll on mother earth, from unhealthy pesticides and GMO’s to excess energies and environmental toxins in transport of food across sea and land to local grocery stores. Getting back to community gardens and farming is a more sustainable life for earth and for human kind.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2304″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2305″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]4. Know what you are eating: Do you really know what you’re eating? Do you know that if a product has what they call only “trace” amounts of an item it does not have to be claimed it on its label? Which who can decipher these labels anyhow? From renaming ingredients with crazy unrecognizable names to not being clear in percentages of ingredients they contain. Besides stating it is organic, letting you now it is not grown with pesticides, who is to know if soon our vegetables and fruits will come to the fate of the world’s wheat and rice crops. I personally do not want to eat a scientific experiment. Unless a product is locally grown at a farm near you or your backyard how can you know what it contains? Pure or mutated that is the question.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]5. Grow it organic: By growing it yourself you can guarantee it organic.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2306″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2307″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]6. Eat Fresh: By growing your food you always know when it is at its peek and freshest, which is both yummy and can save more money again. I cannot tell you how many times I get home from the store with ‘fresh’ produce only to have it spoil the very next day! Because it is sometimes coming from so far away the vegetables and fruit are already reaching their peek by the time they hit the shelves. Although many stores are terrific in taking back spoiled produce, who has the time to keep going back to the store?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]7. Eating by season is healthier: With a garden you always now what is in season because it is growing in your backyard. Eating seasonal food is a healthier way of eating because nature intended it that way so it is full of the vitamins and minerals of the natural product, no need to force growth when not needed. Also, it makes it harder to eat local, which we also discussed. Eating fresh food tastes better too.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2308″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2309″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]8. Eatable décor: Having a garden not only gives sustenance but also provides a beautiful view. Marigolds are a little secret weapon in your garden against pests. Plant some Marigolds for extra color and beauty and enjoy the benefits too.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]9. A fun way to teach kids about healthy living and eating: Having a garden is a great way to get kids involved in a better understanding about food, health and what fruits and vegetables really are and were they come from. Having a child be involved can even help make them a less picky eater. What parent wouldn’t love their kiddo excited to eat their veggies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2310″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2311″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]10. Accomplishment: Who wouldn’t feel amazing when fixing a meal, stepping outside to the garden to pick out their ‘groceries’ for dinner?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]