Planting A Vegetable Garden To Relieve Stress

We have all heard how stress wreaks havoc to our overall health. The negative effects of stress can and will bring several health problems such as: migraines, eating disorders, depression and even heart disease to name a few. Having your own vegetable garden can be very relaxing. They are fairly easier to look after, so long as you have a plan and tend to the garden at least on a weekly basis and hopefully even more. The more you keep ahead of the weeds and trimming the less likely your garden can contribute to a level of stress.

The weekends are a perfect time to unwind and make up for a stressful week. Different people have different ways of coping with stress. With a vegetable garden in your backyard, you would stop thinking about what went on in the past week and instead replace that with how the plants are doing, and how fast the weeds are growing.

One major contributor to stress is not getting enough sunlight. The best way to do that is tending to your vegetable garden. Working in the sun helps with the production of vitamin D, which is necessary for proper absorption of calcium in your body. It has been shown that the average person does not get enough sunlight during their commutes to and from work or even while going out for lunch.

Attending to the needs of your vegetable garden is a great opportunity to get enough sunlight. Depending on the time of year, you should be carefull staying out too long between the hours of 11 am and 3 pm as the sun within these times can be quite strong.

Spending your days indoors at the workplace prevents us from getting in touch with nature. There is nothing like surrounding yourself with all the different varieties of plants and seeing how differently they grow.

In the morning before going to work and then again in the evening on your return just the sight of your vegetable garden alone gets rid of stress. Knowing that you raised those healthy plants with your own hands is such a rewarding feeling. Yes, there is digging, weeding, pruning, raking and harvesting but with the right attitude I am sure you will agree that it is all worth it. All these activities done while planting vegetable gardens provide a constructive outlet for all the tensions that the body amassed during a week of stressful work.

Advantages of Planting Vegetable Gardens

Many people say they have little or no time to go to the gym or health spa to workout. Make gardening your daily dose of exercise. Tending your vegetable garden for at least 30 minutes a day is a great way to burn those excess calories and lose weight. You are able to work several major muscle groups in the body, like the legs, arms, back, buttocks and many others. Gardening also improves your flexibility each time you stretch to reach for weeds or bend to plant a seedling.

By the time your crops are ready for harvest, you will notice a change in your body, especially if you look after your garden on a regular basis. Unlike jogging, playing basketball and others, gardening has less impact on your joints. Gardening is best were vigorous exercises is not applicable, such as for people with high blood pressure, heart diseases, bone joint disorders and many others.

With all the types of vegetables you buy from the Supermarket on a weekly basis you really can not know whether the vegetables you buy are free of pesticides. Produce now comes from all over the world. Some vendors claim that their vegetables are free from harmful chemicals but they would only know this if they grew them themselves. Prolonged dietary exposure to pesticides is linked to various adverse reproductive and developmental effects, although there is little data to support this. Your children are at higher risk to the dangers of such chemicals on the vegetables they consume. Their bodies are not yet fully developed to properly metabolize or excrete such substances.

Once you grow your own vegetables you will notice how much better they taste compared what you can buy at your local grocery store. You will find out how much more flavorful your harvest is, whether you eat right from the garden or put in your favorite vegetable salad. Be it because of the extra amount of love and care these home-grown vegetables got or the person taking pride in growing crops in his or her backyard, it doesn’t rally matter. What really matters is what you serve on the table, that it is fresh right out of your vegetable garden for all to enjoy.

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