The birds are singing, the flowers are bursting open in the sun, and what are you doing? Reading a magazine? Watching a TV show? Why do this, when you could be helping mother nature along by making your own gardening plot?
Growing your own vegetables brings with it a wealth of benefits. Not only will you eat your healthy, pesticide-free produce, but you will also spend more time outside gardening, a proven meditative exercise. It could be a project for children or an opportunity for you to harness a new skill. Whatever the motivation, there are few reasons not to start growing your own fruit and vegetables.
For the absolute gardening beginner, here is a step-by-step guide to making your own vegetable patch. Click through to get that green thumb.