Improving Your Life with a Raised Garden Bed Growing your own plants in a raised garden bed can be a wonderful asset to your life. Whether you do it

as a stress reliever, a supplement to your groceries, or a beautiful addition to your home, it will benefit

your life in one way or another.

Yesterday and Today They are not that difficult to upkeep. Long ago, that

was a different story.

People planted, raised and harvested gardens the size

of several square acres. A raised garden bed allows

you to grow like the famers of old, only on a smaller,

more manageable scale.

Yours can have any amount of whatever you want—

as opposed to growing only what you need to get

through the winter. Whatever you decide on, the work you put into your garden will reap amazing

benefits for you and those around you.

Sometimes what you need to be happy is just a little hard work. I’m not talking about hitting the

keyboard in a comfy chair for 40 hours a week.

It’s not that white collar work isn’t hard. It’s just that it’s not very challenging to your physical strength.

There is a place for blue collar work in everyone’s lives. Our bodies were meant to work, not just to sit.

Consequently, we can find ourselves restless and stressed when left inside all day. Let out the day to day

stress and annoyances by spending a few good hours sweating in the garden.

The Fresh Air It can be an enormous benefit to your

health. Escaping the confines of a desk and

air conditioned building will free you up like

you haven’t known since you started your

job.

You need the sun and the fresh air to calm

your mind. Hard work has the added bonus

of soothing you in every way.

An angry or frustrated disposition cannot be

sustained for very long when exhausting the

body and mind in the pursuit of a greater goal: sustaining the lives of other living things. A lot of stress

can be relieved when working outside.

Whereas glowering in another small room with nothing but the loud TV to keep you company is sure to

sour a bad mood even more. Take care of yourself and others by spending time outside.

Grow Your Own The things you grow in your raised garden beds can be incredibly useful to you and your family. Growing

your own vegetables, or your own spices, or your own fruit can help you save a few dollars on your

grocery bill every week.

Providing your own food is always cheaper than buying it. It always tastes better too.

There is nothing like a juicy strawberry on a hot day, or a hot apple pie made out of your own apples.

Gardens often include combination of beautiful flowers that work together to give a very pleasant

appearance to your yard.

Flowers and fruit come in all shapes and sizes. Highlight the best part of your yard by combining fruits,

vegetables and flowers of your favorite colors and shapes.

You’ll find yourself wanting to spend more time outdoors if you do it right. Neighbors and Home Owners

Associations all appreciate a nicely taken care of yard just as much as you will.

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