Garden Therapy Beats The Couch

There is something very therapeutic about gardening. To get out in the garden and leave your troubles and woes behind is a great stress reliever. If you are looking for an alternative to a high priced therapist I highly recommend gardening. The fresh air and sunshine are like a wonder tonic for a tired worn out stress filled body. Working with your hands will get your mind off your problems as you feel the good clean earth sift through your fingers. Take a cutting and root it. Transplant it an see what a sense of accomplishment you feel as you watch it grow and prosper in your garden..

The nice thing about a garden is that it is something that you create. It is something for you to enjoy. What ever you do it is a product of your work effort and thoughts that make it come together. There is something very calming about looking around your garden and just enjoying the fruits of the effort you have put out. Even that act of pulling weeds can bring satisfaction as you see the space all clean and neat as well as orderly. The exercise from pulling the weeds is good for you to and will make you feel better also.

You don’t need a 1/2 acre to have a garden a few pots of plants an a patio can be a garden. One of my grandmothers favorite gardens was her African Violets that she grew on the window sills in her bedroom. I think she got more pleasure from them than any of the plantings in her whole yard. You can even grow a vegetable garden in pots in a small patio area. Tomatoes ,peppers ,basil, oregano, thyme, and sage are all great pot plants.

Just the diversion of getting out and enjoying some time outside is reason enough to get a little bit of a garden going. Once you do I think you will be hooked!