Many people think that growing your own vegetables is a difficult thing to do. The truth is although you might need to spend a large amount of time setting things up at the beginning, the daily maintenance of your crop really doesn’t take too long. You also don’t need a lot of space to be able to grow your own. You could apply to use a local allotment or if you have a small garden then you could use a small raised garden bed to start growing some organic vegetables. There are a whole range of different benefits to growing our own vegetables and here are five of the best.
1. Reduce Your Supermarket Bill – When you are able to harvest your own vegetables you will notice that you will save considerable amounts of money on your weekly food shopping. Supermarkets tend to have special offers on packs of carrots and other veg, which often means you buy more than you need. The problem with this is that vegetables often have a short shelf life so they often end up being thrown away before you have a chance to use them. Therefore growing your own will help you to avoid wasteful spending.
2. For The Health Benefits – Everyone knows that they should eat five portions of fruit and vegetables each day to have a healthier lifestyle. If you want to eat more fruit and vegetables then growing your own will encourage you to do so. There is also the added benefit that digging the garden and spending the time outside will be good exercise and will help to increase your fitness.
3. You Know What Has Been Put On Them – You never really know what chemicals or pesticides may have been used on the plants or the soil your vegetables are growing in. These sorts of pesticides are often harmless to us and protect crops from disease and pests but many people don’t like the idea of them being used. You will gain peace of mind from growing your own organic vegetables because you know what you have used on the soil and plants.
4. For The Taste – Freshly grown organic vegetables taste so much better than store bought ones. Before vegetables in a shop or supermarket make it to the shelves they have had to of been picked, gathered and transported. This means that you rarely get to taste them when they are truly fresh and a lot of the flavour is lost.
5. To Get Your Kids To Eat Them – It can often be a struggle to get children to eat things that are good for them. Getting your children involved with the process of growing fruit and vegetables will get them more interested in tasting different types of food they have helped to grow. This is a great way to help promote healthy eating in your children from a young age.
