Why should we grow our own fruit and vegetables?
By Sammie
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We are living in a very precarious world, with so many changes happening. Whilst a lot of this is out of our control, one thing that we can focus on and control – is to start to grow our own vegetables.
An outdoor lifestyle with physical activity is linked to living a longer healthier life. With gardening you are getting low-intensity physical on most days.
Some of the benefits of growing your own vegetables:
- Be able to supply ourselves with home-grown, organic food.
- In a time where supply chains are breaking down
- In a time where food costs are soaring
- Fresh food from garden to stove to plate
- Increase fruit and vegetable consumption
- Overall health benefits
- Improve mental health
- Increases self-confidence
- Reduce stress
- Induces peacefulness and content
- Feel more relaxed
- Being in the moment
- Soil Therapy **
- Connecting with nature
- Being outdoors
- Fresh air
- Vitamin D from sun
- Being around wildlife
- Learning new skills
- Responsibility – caring for plants
- Understanding – cause and effect
- Self-confidence – achieving goals and enjoying food grown
- Pass onto the next generation
- Family hobby
- Control of your own crop
- Grow what you wish
- No pesticides
- Use your own fertiliser
- Cut down on food bills
- Initial outlay
- seeds, pots, gardening tools
- Initial outlay
- Food exchange
- With friends, family and neighbours
**Soil therapy
Studies have shown that gardening produces health benefits by exposing gardeners to a non-pathogenic bacterium in soil called Mycobacterium Vaccae.
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