http://www.offthegridnews.com/2012/12/31/five-undeniable-reasons-you-should-grow-a-garden/ Better Ideas For Off The Grid Living Sat, 25 May 2013 16:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.offthegridnews.com/2012/12/31/five-undeniable-reasons-you-should-grow-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-399187 Mariowen Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:58:42 +0000 http://www.offthegridnews.com/?p=25029#comment-399187 I have been gardening for many years now. I used to do the “eye candy” gardening – strictly ornamental. Now, in the last year, I have switched over to vegetable and fruit gardening. It is like a completely different world. I am having fun learning all the tricks of the trade in a whole new venture and I am loving it. I love to stretch my expertise, and this is definitely doing it! It has been the most rewarding gardening I have ever done. I used to grow “eye candy” – food for the eyes. Now I just grow “candy” – food for the stomach! I have the reward of seeing beautiful plants growing, and at the same time, I am enjoying fresh from the garden produce that is giving me much more nourishing food.
At the same time, I am growing only heirloom varieties, so I get the privilege of gathering seeds and having free seeds for next year’s garden! …and they are all non-GMO, so I am much healthier.
It is the season to start my next batch of seedlings so they will be ready to get out in the garden in a few weeks. We live in Texas so there is a long season – really we garden year around. Now the winter garden is thriving and it won’t be long till we have a spring garden beginning. I love to have an extended season!

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