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Put in a Home Garden this Year
It's almost here! So many of us are anxiously awaiting the onset of warmer weather and the energy of spring. While you get yourself geared up for spring cleaning and swimsuits, we suggest planning an area of the yard for a garden. Having a garden of your own is a wonderful way to connect with the natural landscape around your home and grow fresh flowers, veggies, and herbs for your home.
Flowers
It's always a boon to have fresh flowers in a vase on the table. Growing your own flowers around the
house gives you a steady supply of luscious color and life to bring into your home each week. Flowers are a wonderful way to brighten and liven up any room in your home and add extra value when showing the space to potential buyers.
Vegetables
There's nothing quite like eating and sharing food with your family that you've grown and harvested yourself. Although few of us are farmers these days, we can still enjoy a nice salad from our own gardens if we plant a few heads of lettuce, cucumber, and every Ohioan's favorite: tomatoes. A vegetable garden brings a connection to the earth that we're all sometimes missing in the modern industrialized world. Be careful to fence your garden or you'll be feeding the neighborhood rabbits and deer!
Herbs
Not everyone is totally invested in the medicinal nature of wild herbs but there are certainly other usesfor standard herb gardens. Sage, Basil, and Chives are common herbs used in the kitchen and are quite simple to grow in anoutdoor garden or even an indoor window box. Herbs can also be burned as an aromatic, similar to potpourri.
Studies show that working with plants and getting your hands in the dirt of the Earth can actually reduce stress and anxiety so what have you got to lose? Send us pictures of your gardens this year and we'll post them to our Instagram!