Homegrown Vegetables: 5 Reasons to Love Eating Them
Do you love cooking with fresh ingredients?
Would you love to get your kids to eat more vegetables?
Growing your own vegetable garden may feel like an overwhelming task to someone whose thumb isn’t yet green. This article will give you practical and comprehensive reasons why you will love eating homegrown vegetables. Make sure to check out the bottom of the article because we will be sharing some of our best articles to help you get started with your garden.
5 Reasons You Will Love Eating Homegrown Vegetables
- Grocery Savings
One of the biggest reasons to start growing your own vegetables is because how much fresh vegetables cost at the grocery store. A packet of seeds will run you about a dollar. You will love eating fresh vegetables, and the cost savings by growing your own makes it worth all your time and effort.
- Better Tasting Vegetables
There is no doubt about it, homegrown vegetables are better tasting and more flavorful than store bought produce. They not only taste better, they have better texture, too.
- The Impact on Our Kids
In an article by SparkPeople.com, a study was listed from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association that found preschoolers who were always serviced homegrown produce were more the two times as likely to eat five serving of fruits and vegetables a day.
- The More You Eat
When you grow your own vegetable garden, simply put, you are more likely to eat those vegetables. Instead of having to make the trip to the store, you walk outside to your garden, harvest a few delicious vegetables and enjoy them right there.
- Nutrition
When you eat food straight from the garden, you are getting the most vegetable has to offer nutritionally. All those vitamins and nutrients are in one delicious bite.
How to Get Started With Your Vegetable Garden
Here are three articles to help you get started with your own vegetable garden:
- Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen Shoppers Guide – If you are not sure which vegetables to grow from home and which to purchase at the store, click on the link to find out the top 12 fruits and vegetables containing pesticides.
- 7 Must Grow Herbs for Beginner Gardeners
- Delectable Vegetables You’ll Want In Your Spring Garden
