Benefits of Gardening

As the world has evolved, due to population explosion and urban migration, majority of the people have lost touch with the basics of gardening.

Gardening allows one to take charge of your own need for exercise, healthy food, beautiful surroundings, and savings.

Gardening as Exercise:

If you’re digging, hauling, and harvesting, your physical strength, heart health, weight, sleep, and immune systems all benefit.

According to CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) gardening is exercise.  This is known to help age related weight gain in adults and help obesity in children. 

Time spent in the sunlight provides nutrients such as vitamin D to improve skin, strengthening bones and immune system among many other ailments.

The best and immediate benefit of such exercise can be observed by improving sleep.  A well-rested body and mind can do wonders to starting a new day.

Gardening for Mental Health:

Improved memory, there is new evidence that gardening activities may spur growth in the brain’s memory -related nerves and thereby improve cognitive skills.

It may also help addiction recovery, improve memory, combat ecoanxiety and foster human connections with family, friends, and neighbors

Gardening for Positive Life:

Researchers have confirmed that as little as 20-minute gardening may build self-esteem and self-confidence by boosting mood.  This may help reduces stress and cultivate a happy and peaceful state of mind.  Yes, its meditative.

Gardening “Just Do It”:

Nike has coined the phrase “Just Do It”, it can apply to just about everything that’s important and necessary in our lives. 

Whether your patch is large or small, a raised bed, community garden, or window box, gardening is good for you.

Hygiene:

A strong recommendation is to use gardening gloves that are made from bamboo fiber that allows the hands to stay cool and comfortable while protecting the palm.  This will also keep dirt from accumulating under nails.  These unwanted deposits can be consumed while eating and can cause stomach and other health issues.

Gardening Gloves:

Turtles Egg offers some of the best bamboo gloves at reasonable price in single, and multi-unit packs.  The more you buy the more you save.

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