Growing your own vegetables is the best thing you can do for yourself and family. The interesting article below is taken from the National Garden Bureau. This website offers lots of tips and great information on many different types of gardening. So, find out how you can have your garden and eat it too.
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Some Joys of Vegetable Gardening
If you haven’t tried growing vegetables in your garden, you don’t know what you are missing. Not only does a neatly tended vegetable garden look great, but you can enjoy many of the fruits of your labors well into the winter months. Here are some reasons to start or continue a vegetable garden
Exercise: Gardening does require some work, but this can easily be considered exercise. Stretch to pull that nasty crabgrass…dig to remove that dandelion root…breathe deeply to fill your lungs with fresh air. All of these gardening activities help to burn up calories and increase your physical well-being.
Food: An obvious benefit to vegetable gardening is that it results in good things to eat. And fresh vegetables always taste better than any store-bought produce. In fact, the exceptional flavor of homegrown foods is one major reason why people grow vegetables.
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To read the entire article go over to The National Garden Bureau.