It is easy to argue that the best reason for growing vegetables in your garden is taste. You can have this great taste from vegatables grown on the deck or patio of your condo or apartment.Home grown carrots, lettuce, peppers, broccoli, tomatoes all taste better than store bought. By maintaining healthy soil your freshly-harvested vegetables are most nutritional and you know what has been used on them to protect against pests.
Tip: Grow vegetable types you are most likely to consume, in quantities you are able to consume. You'll feel better about not wasting what you can't eat or give away.
Gardening - the preparation, maintainance, and harvesting - is great physical and mental therapy. Just being outdoors can lift your spirits. The anticipation of seeing the fruit of your labor is rewarding in advance. Working with plants is relaxing. The extended use of fingers, wrists and arms is physically beneficial. Many can attest to renewed energy as Spring approaches while "this year's garden" begins to blossom in their mind.
Vegetables to Grow:
- Tomatoes
- Lettuce
- Peppers
"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth..." ---Thomas Jefferson