Reap these Benefits of Gardening!

How many times have we bought produce with good intentions and put them in the crisper drawer, and by the time we go to use it, it has gone bad? Did you know a plant starts losing its stored nutrition soon after harvest, losing most of it by the 4^th day? Or the struggle to buy organic produce to avoid toxic chemicals and its either not available, or old looking? Now that we are temperatures are peaking at less than 90 degrees, it is prime time to get your outdoor garden growing. Have you ever thought about all the benefits of growing your own food?

Gardening is good for health. Gardening helps one desire and eat more healthier foods. Studies show that children who are involved in the care and responsibility of growing plants eat more vegetables. One can grow more nutritious varieties not available in stores, including medicinal herbs to strategically assist with ailments. Fresh picked is maximum nutrition and even sweeter in flavor. Gardening even helps with and stimulates our brain health.

Gardening elevates our mood.  Having your own garden saves money and increases food security which lowers stress. Growing flowers positively impacts emotions. Providing yourself and your family fresh flavorful fruits & vegetables and flowers boosts self-esteem. Studies have shown taking care of plants, getting out in fresh air and being in the sun boosts mood, is relaxing and lowers blood pressure.

Gardening is good for community. Sharing the abundance is a great connector/way to build relationships with neighbors and friends. It is better for the environment to harvest local considering most food is trucked thousands of miles.

So why isn’t everyone gardening? As much as they want to, some people do not have the space needed for traditional gardening. Others do not have the time to learn how to prepare and amend the soil, set up the watering, or the time it takes for weeding. Even with raised beds, it is physically challenging. That is why this aeroponic gardening system is so popular:

• There’s no dirt or weeding saving lots of time!
• The vertical tower needs little space and is easier on the back.
• It can grow plants earlier and later in the season.
• The plants grow faster and produce more and are more mineral rich.
• It only uses 10% of the water compared to traditional gardening.
• Growing in the ground has the risk of e-coli contamination and heavy metals being absorbed by the plants (especially kale), whereas growing aeroponically does not.
• With seedlings you can be harvesting in as little as 3 weeks.

It is great to have your own fresh, flavorful organic produce when you need it! Here in the Phoenix area at this time you can be growing: arugula, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, cilantro, dill, endive, fennel, kale, lettuces, mizuna, scallions, parsley, snap peas, sage, spinach, swiss chard, thyme, and strawberries! And edible flowers such as: marigold (they repel mosquitos too!), calendula, nasturtium (peppery flavor), chamomile-echinacea or lavender (tea), pansy/violas, dwarf sunflower…

To order your own indoor or outdoor aeroponic garden, click here.

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