This book contains proven steps and strategies on what you should know before your start a garden.These days, more and more people are discovering the joys of playing in the dirt although grown-ups might prefer the term "gardening." Food gardening is especially hot, with nearly 20 percent more households hopping on the food-growing train during the past five years. Renewed interest in gardening may be due in part to the local food movement.Locavores are interested in having greater access to healthy, high-quality food, knowing where their food comes from, and supporting the environment and the local economy. Gardening (especially organic gardening) certainly fits the bill!Kitchen gardening has also been shown to have significant health benefits. For starters, it encourages people to engage in other behaviors and activities that promote wellness connecting food environments and health through the relational nature of aesthetics. For example, gardeners consume more fruits and vegetables than non-gardeners. The influence of social involvement, neighborhood aesthetics, and community garden participation on fruit and vegetable consumption. When gardeners choose to grow food organically, they're reducing their exposure to pesticides and potentially eating produce with a higher nutrient content organic foods contain higher levels of certain nutrients, lower levels of pesticides, and may provide health benefits for the consumer.Gardening also reduces stress and improves mental health. And it counts as moderate-intensity exercise, which can help people live longer lives physical activity of moderate intensity in leisure time, and the risk of all-course mortality. With all those good reasons to garden, what are you waiting for? Whether you have your own plot of land or will need to pursue an alternative approach to gardening, get started with this handy guide to the gardening basics. Kitchen gardening is often a process of trial and error, so remember to relax and have fun with it. We promise, it's not as intimidating as it might seem!
About the Author: Beverly Hill is a sociologist. She is the CEO of C.E.F Associates and formerly served as head of department of sociology in Premier Natural Resources Inc. A graduate of Nelson High School also graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A in economics and finance and holds an M.S from Cambridge University in public relations and PhD in sociology. She has written many articles on human equality, animal rights, environmental issues, personal development and peace keeping in different newspapers. She has also appeared in many magazines and is frequently interviewed for articles on family, race, socioeconomic status, and how to survive in your environment. She has also worked on the importance of health of relationship between parents and children. Her book 'The Middle Child' focuses on the importance of the attention given to the children and what to expect from them. This book helps parents understand their children. In addition to these works she is also the author of 'Surviving Alone ' which is about her own childhood growing up; she writes about her family struggles living on a low income budget and growing her own food to survive. C.E.F Associates formed in 1999 in Idaho, USA she worked both nationally and internationally. This is a consulting company which has clients all over the world. Ms. Hill the CEO of the company is the main reason of the huge client base because of her servings in foreign countries.