Top 10 reasons to start gardening:

Are you thinking about starting a new hobby or considering a makeover for your yard? Or are you looking forward to a year of healthy eating habits?  The answer to all the above questions is 'Gardening'.  Yes, you read it, right folks, gardening is the ultimate hobby to cultivate in 2020. It offers a wide range of benefits which we can't put a price on.  So, here are the top 10 reasons to motivate you to start gardening ASAP:

1) FRESH FOOD: I had to give it a top priority as most of the time all I can think about is FOOD :) Therefore, the first and foremost benefit of starting your garden is that it provides you with fresh organic food right at your doorstep.

2)MONEY SAVER: Gardening can help you reduce your grocery bills especially in times when prices of organic produce are skyrocketing. Think about it, you don't have to pay a great deal for 'organic' tomatoes for your sauce cause now you grow them in your backyard :0

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3) CALORIE DESTROYER: You read that correct ladies. Light gardening can help you burn about 330 calories an hour. So, now you can ditch expensive gyms and eat that extra slice of pizza without feeling guilty. Just sit back and enjoy fruits ( and veggies) of your labor.

4) YARD MAKEOVER: Gardening can give your yard a unique, appealing and picture-perfect makeover.



5) BONDING SESSION: Teaching gardening to your kids provides a great opportunity for bonding. It also imparts them with useful life skills like independence, responsibility, sustainability, optimism, kindness, etc.

6) GET RID OF PICKY EATING: A lot of mom would relate to this. Kids, these days tend to be very picky about eating. Gardening can help kids learn to experiment with vegetables.

7) ULTIMATE STRESS BUSTER: Gardening provides a great way to blow off some steam. Had a rough day?  Get in your garden, get your hands dirty and let all your stress melt away.

8)CONFIDENCE BOOSTER: Nothing compares to the joy of seeing your baby tomatoes grow. It gives you unique satisfaction and confidence.

9)THE JOY OF EXPERIMENTING: Gardening is a great way of trying new things and widening your horizons.


10) PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT:  Gardening helps reduce our carbon footprint. Thus, it is an effective way to protect our environment from climate change and give back what we owe to it.

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 #Happy gardening.