If the quality of food today is concerning, the time is here to do something about it and begin organic gardening. There are so many reasons to begin to cultivate your own small plot of land. It will be easy to improve nutrition and expand culinary experience by sowing some seeds right in the backyard garden plot. The following are some reasons to begin the fun hobby of organic gardening:
Why Eat Organic
Why is there so much emphasis on eating organic these days? After all, it can often be more expensive. The importance of eating organic food comes from the prevalence of toxin and disease-causing pesticide that is in food these days. One way to prevent ingesting poisons is to simply do organic gardening at home. Fresh fruit and vegetables are healthy and easy to grow.
Avoid Disease
Sadly, many people develop disease in their bodies because they ingest too much toxin. While it is quite hard t avoid toxin in everyday household products at times, it is easier to take control of the food supply. By doing organic gardening at home, the entire family can avoid disease and become healthier fairly quickly. Many of the home grown fruit and vegetables have antioxidants that are beneficial for good health.
Expand Culinary Experience
Many people find that when they begin to eat food that is seasoned with herbs that are home grown, the taste of food really improves. Fresh herbs can truly expand a person’s culinary experience and make them less likely to continuously use the salt shaker. It is a bad idea to eat too much salt and it is fairly simple to grow tasty herbs that delight the senses and make food more palatable. Herb gardens are often grown in a window box indoors for this purpose.
Become Self Sustaining
One irresistible draw to organic gardening is that the practice of gardening can make a family self-sustaining. Each family can take care of themselves through having a vibrant garden patch. Children can learn how to care for the garden and experience the delights of eating fresh, unadulterated wholesome food.
This is an initial guide to starting to grow organic food. There are many reasons to eat organic and they are primarily health-centered. Organic food helps people avoid diseases. Eating organic food can surely expand a person’s culinary taste and palate. All of these things help an individual and a family to become more self sustaining and ultimately have more control over their body and health.
Source:
Riotte, L. (1998) Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing.