The Growing Benefits of Gardening

Rebekah Anderson, Staff Writer
April 3, 2019

There are many beneficial ideas to building your own garden. Not only flowers, but vegetables and fruits play a key component in planting a garden. People who do this tend to have a happier lifestyle. It can add more color and beauty for a backyard.

If making salads or enjoying a fruit bowl is enjoyable and tasteful to you, then making a garden will make your life, not only easier, but much healthier. The health importance of this plays majorly in making the garden.

It will also minimize the pesticides in the variety of food in your garden.

You get to decide what fertilizer and what water and pest control to use, making it more organic and lively.

Make sure to research the following:

  • Amount of water plants/food need
  • Amount of sun plants/food need
  • Fertilizer safety tolerances
  • Pest and weed control options

Cut down on your grocery budget. The price for a pack of seeds is almost equivalent to a single vegetable or fruit and this will give you a weeks worth of all the fruits and veggies you need.

Make it a family hobby! Being outside with loved ones and getting to enjoy beautiful weather while growing nutritious vegetables and fruits and pristine flowers.

Gardening also increases physical activity. Your body will replenish the nutrients from the sun and give a happy vibe and healthy lifestyle. Gardening gives you’re a real sense of appreciation when you can see the bounty of your efforts.

Here are some interesting facts to help the garden become more homey for you and your family!

  • A little bit of baking soda can make tomatoes sweeter… It’s true, this will help reduce the acid in the fruit and sweeteened it up!!
  • Plants do respond to sound! If you are an outdoorsy person and have cookouts, hangouts, etc. play that music! It will make the flowers move their stalks to the rhythm.

Below is a beneficial website with more helpful information on gardening:

https://www.lovethegarden.com/community/fun-facts

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” Audrey Hepburn