• You are busy outside in the open air

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• Gardening burns calories

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• You know what goes into your food (whether it is organic or has been grown with the use of organic/artificial chemicals)

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• Your food is fresh from the plant. It has not been traveling for a few weeks

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• The nutritional value of food from your own garden is higher than the nutritional value of food that comes from the supermarket

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• Gardening decreases stress levels

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• Gardening helps people with depression and other serious illnesses

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• It is good for your physical and mental health and well being

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• Gardening ventually gives a feeling of satisfaction and success

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• It increases vitamin D because you are outside in the sun. it only takes 20 minutes in the sun per day to get your daily amount of vitamin D