The Benefits of a Family Garden
Many benefits come from planning a family garden. For
starters, you can bet that this new garden will give you a chance to spend some
quality time together. Not only will you reap the rewards of having more family
time together, but you’ll be able to eat fresh food from your family garden
regularly.
Today I’m sharing some of my favorite benefits of a family
garden to encourage you to plant some fruits and vegetables this year.
It’s nearly impossible to get a picky eater to try new
foods. When you plan a family garden, you’ll find that your picky eaters and
not-so-picky eaters will start eating healthier. Being able to pick fresh
vegetables from the garden encourages all family members to eat healthy
regardless of their normal preferences.
Physical Activity
It’s important to have daily physical activity. Spending
time in your family garden picking weeds, harvesting your crop and checking the
plants for any pests is an excellent form of physical activity. Kids of all
ages can get outdoors with you to harvest your crop, pick weeds, and check your
garden for any signs of pests.
Enhances Fine Motor Skills
From the onset of a family garden, your kids will be using
their fine motor skills to plant seeds and tend to the garden. Consider giving
your kids their own garden tools set. This will allow your kids to enhance
their fine motor skills as they work to prune garden growth, weed the garden,
rake out any debris and partake in other activities to keep your family garden
growing healthy.
Introduction to Science
Growing plants is all about science! Including your kids in
the process of growing vegetables and fruits in your family garden will
introduce your kids to simple science concepts. They’ll start to learn how the
seeds grow, what type of soil is best, and how the sunlight combined with water
helps encourage a large harvest during your family garden season.
When it comes to having a family garden there aren’t any
negatives. This is by far one of the most positive ways to bring your family
together and encourage a love of healthy eating.
Both my daughters did their science fair experiment on growing
plants. My oldest spent a month testing what kind of vitamins promote plant
growth and my youngest did hers on the effect of music on plant growth. It was
really fun for the whole family to speculate on the results. The both got As on their projects.
I hope that this list of the benefits of a family garden has
inspired you to start planning a spring garden this year.
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