4 Reasons to Grow Your Own Vegetables and Herbs at Home

Are you thinking about starting a small garden at home, but you’re not sure whether it’s worth the effort or not? A short trip to the grocery store can provide you with all the vegetables and herbs your family needs, in large quantities and at affordable prices, so it’s normal to have doubts about starting a garden. Maybe you think you don’t have enough space for plants or enough time to take care of them. However, starting a small garden is much easier than most people think. In this article, you’ll discover four reasons why it’s an excellent idea to grow your own vegetables and herbs at home is an excellent idea.

4 Reasons to Grow Your Own Vegetables and Herbs at Home

1. You’ll Enjoy Fresh, Nutrient-Rich Meals
   A small garden gives you constant access to fresh, nutrient-rich ingredients for tasty and healthy meals. When you buy vegetables from the grocery store, you’re never really certain about their origin. Before ending up on the shelves at your local store, vegetables travel a long way. Besides, mass food production is associated with intensive use of pesticides. Meanwhile, if you have a garden, you can consume vegetables mere seconds after harvesting them, in their freshest, healthiest, and most nutrient-dense form.
2. It Can Be Easy and Rewarding
   There are high-maintenance plants that need a lot of care and attention to thrive, but if you start your garden the right way, you will not have to put a lot of time or effort into growing tasty vegetables and herbs. For example, you can choose to grow herbs and vegetables hydroponically, without soil. Setting up a hydroponic system is the most effective way to grow a small, low-maintenance garden. Best hydroponic system? There isn’t one system that meets everyone’s needs, so check which models on the market are most suitable for your home.
3. You’ll Lower Your Grocery Bill
   Another reason why it’s an excellent idea to grow vegetables and herbs at home is that you’ll spend less money at the grocery store. Although a pack of herbs is fairly inexpensive, it only lasts for a couple of meals. At the same price, you can buy a potted herb and enjoy fresh leaves for several months. Plus, you can preserve herbs for the entire year. To lower your grocery bill, cultivate tomatoes, lettuce, kale, green beans, onions, squash, and carrots. You’ll thus have access to free and healthy ingredients for your meals.
4. It’s A Productive and Stimulating Hobby
   Tending a small garden can be fun and rewarding at a mental and physical level. Although it doesn’t require a lot of effort, it’s still a decent way to become more active. It also comes with mental rewards because seeing your plants grow will give you a terrific feeling of accomplishment. Moreover, numerous research studies have found a connection between gardening and mental health. Gardening is thus a stimulating hobby that also makes you feel productive.

A small indoor or outdoor garden can be a wonderful addition to your home, so give gardening a try. You may be surprised by how fun and easy it is to grow your own vegetables and herbs!

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Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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