Home Gardens are Healthy - and Easy!

Are you thinking about home-gardening?   

More and more people in our community and others around the world are thinking about it and acting on those thoughts.   There are certainly many positives to growing your own vegetables at home.

For example, we found this simple yet encouraging list:

1-A veggie/fruit garden reduces the carbon foot printand global warming.
2-A home garden reduces the consumption and therefore production of chemical fertilizers as less demand will be followed by less supply.it increases the chemically free produce though!
3-Your own garden improves on the healthy diet of all the family as it introduces home grown organic food harvested right from the backyard.
4-It saves on the grocery bill -and medical bill as heath improves - and  grocery shopping drops.
5-Vegetable gardens have a definite beautification impact on the neighborhood ... as more gardens are planted.they beautify your city!
6-Quality family time increases as more members come along working the garden .communication and socialization effect pays in better family interaction.
7-Community gardens as well as home gardens foster bonds beyond the fences.they promote dialogue,cultural diversity,tolerance and provide healthy greens to families of lesser income and means!
8-Get the local youth at schools and home engaged in productive social projects with less time spent on tv,internet games etc.provide opportunities to learn about recycling, leadership, diversity, sustainability etc
9-Provide an educational ground to learn about outdoor activities that are productive like gardening skills,composting,
10-Support thr echo-system, create biodiversity and be a pro-active member in the new paradigm  of permaculture, sustainability and green ecology     - localharvest.org

They're also pretty easy to start, too!  Take for example this interesting article showing how simple it is to create your own seedlings with a few simple and inexpensive "pieces."

So, c'mon Dade County!   Start your vegetable garden this week.  Please email us updates and photos and maybe your home garden will appear in this blog.