Gardening – Grow Your Own

While we all know of the obvious Benefit To Gardening / Grow Your Own Food, I bet you didn’t know there were more. So check out the list of 10 Benefits to Gardening and how it’s great for your health and well being.

relieves stress: gardening for 30 minutes a day lowers cortisol levels; and cortisol is the hormone associated with stress.
improves hand strength: garden activities such as digging, planting, and pulling increases your hand strength.
helps financially: grow your own produce that you can easily store or preserve by canning, freezing, dehydrating, or pickling, helps out tremendously when it comes to the grocery store. which gives you peace of mind that you’re eating healthy
get your Vitamin D – the sun: Vitamin D increases your calcium levels, which benefits your bones and immune system.
decreases the risk of dementia: a study of people over the age of 60, found that gardening could lower risk of dementia by 36 percent in future years.
burns alot of calories: all the pulling of weeds, reaching for various plants and tools, and twisting and bending as you plant helps with strength, stamina, and flexibility and IS EXERCISE.
eating healthy: a garden can yield the freshest and healthiest foods available which can have a great impact on our mental health. PLUS you know exactly what you’re putting in your body.
can lower your blood pressure: just 30 minutes of moderate-level physical activity most days of the week can prevent and control high blood pressure.
can make you happier: the whole motion of growing plants may help boost your mood PLUS give you faith in the future – growing something green, something real, something alive, is a hopeful thing.
helps slow climate change: gardens provide vital green space to reduce greenhouse gasses, lessen your need to buy things, allow you to recycle kitchen waste, and many other positives for our planet

So check out our gardening tips and tricks and start your garden today – whether it be vegetables, fruits, or flowers it doesn’t matter. Try to just get outside and start planting.