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The Health Benefits of Gardening: Why Growing Your Own Garden Is Good for You

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Gardening is a popular activity that many people enjoy. Whether you are growing your own fruits and vegetables or cultivating beautiful flowers, there are numerous benefits to gardening. In this article, we will discuss the many ways in which gardening can improve your health and well-being.

Physical Benefits of Gardening

Gardening is a physical activity that can provide numerous health benefits. Here are some ways in which gardening can improve your physical health:

Exercise: Gardening is a great way to get exercise. It can involve activities such as digging, planting, weeding, and watering, which all require physical exertion. Gardening

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Fort Calgary reviving award-winning garden after five years

Fort Calgary is restoring its community garden in a way that introduces Indigenous food practices so they’ll have plenty of fresh food to donate to local charities.

Five years ago, the local landmark bulldozed its award-winning garden, which was located at the northeast end of Fort Calgary National Historic Site. It’s being resurrected this spring in the same 900-square-metre space.

Bringing the garden back to life was a priority for Fort Calgary’s new president Jennifer Thompson.

“It’s no secret that folks were hurt when the garden was bulldozed in 2018 — of course they

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April is ‘green light’ gardening month on the coast

Everything except the most heat-needy flowers and vegetables can be planted outdoors

Published Apr 04, 2023 • Last updated 3 days ago • 2 minute read

Helen Chestnut explains how in our coastal climate, April is a safe time to plant most flowers and vegetables outdoors. Photo by Getty Images /PNG

Q. I’m new to gardening at the coast, where planting schedules must be different from our more

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8 money-saving tips and tricks |

Vegetable gardening is full of creativity and people are always looking at ways to be more self-sustainable, environmentally-friendly, and to save money.

A look around online and on social media can throw up a plethora of vegetable gardening hacks. Many are very popular and proven ways of benefiting your plants, with others maybe open to a bit more debate.

If you are looking for new and unique vegetable garden ideas, then there are some fantastic solutions around that repurpose the plants themselves or turn household items into useful gardening tools.

Plastic cloches in a vegetable garden — *Plastic bottles and cups of many sizes can be repurposed*

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How to grow a vertical garden for a small yard or patio

Growing plants upward maximizes space, and can also require less maintenance. Here are several ways to do it.

April 5, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT

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One of the easiest ways to maximize your garden space is by taking advantage of the real estate above the ground, using a method called vertical gardening. This type of landscaping can be practical — for example, if you want to grow fruits or veggies — or

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5 Invasive, Aggressive And Overpowering Plants To Avoid In Your Garden This Spring

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How I Transformed My 140-Square-Foot Queens Balcony Into a Garden Oasis

When my wife Lindsay and I bought our Queens apartment in 2011, I couldn’t wait to start gardening. We had lucked into a rare New York amenity: a proper big balcony, 7 by 20 feet and all to ourselves. That first winter, I nursed tomato and chili plants from seed under a grow lamp in the back room. In spring, I moved them outside, eyes always on the thermometer lest a late frost arrived. All summer I carefully watered and fed them, hand-pollinating the chili flowers each morning with a small paintbrush. Out of 14 plants, I got one sad

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The Health Benefits of Gardening: Why Growing Your Own Garden Is Good for You

Introduction:

Physical Benefits of Gardening

Fort Calgary reviving award-winning garden after five years

April is ‘green light’ gardening month on the coast

8 money-saving tips and tricks |

How to grow a vertical garden for a small yard or patio

Growing plants upward maximizes space, and can also require less maintenance. Here are several ways to do it.

5 Invasive, Aggressive And Overpowering Plants To Avoid In Your Garden This Spring

5 Plants To Avoid In Your Garden

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How I Transformed My 140-Square-Foot Queens Balcony Into a Garden Oasis

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Physical Benefits of Gardening

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Growing plants upward maximizes space, and can also require less maintenance. Here are several ways to do it.

5 Plants To Avoid In Your Garden

Tornado Kills One In Delaware

Eerie Re-Telling Of Being Caught In A Tornado

Terrifying Close Up Of Massive IA Tornado

Roof Collapses During Concert

Tornado Throws Vehicles, Massive Debris

Gunshot Or Lightning Strike?

Raging Fires Force Evacuations

FL Cops Wrestle Alligator On Road

Train Carrying Ethanol Derailed, Catches Fire

Great Salt Lake Could Dry Up In 5 Years

Adjust What You Eat To Stay Healthy

Cliff Collapse Creates Small Tsunami In CA River

Landslide Buries City