The garden, is that a benefit or an expense?

While it's true that these days it doesn't hurt to have a garden in your backyard if you can, and I obviously don't mind saving a few bucks on the grocery list... There are many other reasons why I advocate having a garden at home.

If we stay on the topic of money, you can obviously save a few bucks since a red or orange bell peppers can cost upward to 2 dollars a piece, and the more you buy, the more you add to the grocery receipt.

However, if we move away from grocery expenses, and get to the nitty-gritty of the health benefits for you and your family, the conversation can take a much more interesting turn. For starters, vegetables grown in our gardens would be free of the chemicals that are used in large-scale crops to prevent pests (insects, weeds and fungi), and diseases from affecting the crop. Being organic, our produce would improve our family's well-being physically and mentally.

And from this point of view we cannot say that the only measure of goodness or benefit of a garden always has to be: does it save me money? because its not true.

When we decide to create our garden, we develop a certain mindfulness, a connection with nature, allowing ourselves to learn new things, to ground our lives, to show appreciation and gratitude for the fruits of our labor, we enjoy the process of maintaining a productive plot of land in our own homes, and we have fun as a family. I know this, because I've done this with my family for many, many years, my children have been proud of their work, and for getting involved in something that benefits their family, they get excited to see the seeds they planted grow and give back...

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Now, there are many ways to start your garden: you may want your garden to be beautiful and not just productive, or if you want to keep it simple, wild, or more dreamy, you may want to invest in stronger, more durable pieces, and techniques. Maybe you want to invest some money to buy the seedlings in your favorite stores, or buy cheaper seeds, whichever route you take is perfect, and the reason is simple YOU ARE GARDENING! You are learning and enjoying the process.

Remember, you are dealing with living beings and as such they sometimes die, but there is no need to worry or get frustrated, learn from the process and have fun.