Why Did You Start Backyard Gardening?
I am looking to see why we all started backyard gardening.
Was it for :
- Health
- Wealth
- Relationship with others and the earth
- Greater freedom and independence
- More choices for food and flowers
- Help more people
- Relieve stress
Make money for excess plants.
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Thank you for your answers!
Hi Adam, Stress relief and great conversation is a great day!
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Originally Posted by
AdamBorzy
All of the above.
Gardening replaces stress with satisfaction. I love the peace and quiet to see what is starting to grow from seed and what it starting to flower and fruit. I find it so relaxing and have a little chat to my veggies while I weed. Seeing and eating the fruits of your labour is so rewarding and spending time outside with my family and watching them enjoy it melts the worries away.
Hi Adam,
We do not weed much, we have only spent about 8 hours total weeding this year, but we have had lots of the neighborhood children and their parents come over to our house and ask tons of questions about gardening. They also get to learn how to pick and eat right in the garden. Most of them thought food only came from the grocery store.
Life is a garden, it is great to see the light come on for the next generation of gardeners!