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Gardening Your Way to a Healthy Spirit

Gardening Your Way to a Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit (continued)

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Gardening Your Way to a Healthy Body

A Healthy Mind, Body, and Spirit

In my last post, we discussed how gardening contributes to a healthy mind. Of how gardening repositions my thought process. Focusing on my difficulties has moved from the “forefront” (conscious) to the “back” (subconscious) of my mind. My conscious mind is now requiring less energy by focusing on mundane things like weeding, pruning, or just digging in the dirt.

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Planting Spring Bulbs

Planning for Spring, Summer, and Fall

Oriental Lilies Dahlia Mixture Now is the time to plan out your bulb plants and get them ordered. Buying bulbs online (Springhill, Dutch Gardens, etc.) is the best way to find the specific bulbs you are looking for. It is great to be able to buy at your local garden center, but finding what you are looking for can be a daunting task. Much less the gasoline burned going from one place to another searching. It makes sense to me to plan out what you want and order them from the comfort of your home. And let’s face it, the eager anticipation of arrival can be exciting.

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Garden Your Way to Health- Mind, Body, and Spirit

The Three Facets of Health

Being healthy is not just having a healthy body. Being healthy includes having a healthy mind, healthy body, and a healthy spirit. It takes all three to be a truly healthy person. Gardening fosters all three. This is my personal experience.

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Time for Serious Planning

Planning the Vegie Garden

Last year’s garden was a whopping success! There were two things that I want to improve on this year- more peas and stagger squash production.

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Gardening thoughts…

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. ~Lindley Karstens, noproblemgarden.com

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Potting House Plants

How do I know when it is time to re-pot?

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Fertilizing Your House Plants

Fertilizing Basics

Before we go any further, lets refresh on some basics of fertilizer. I’m sure you are familiar with the three numbers seen on fertilizer containers like “13-13-13 or 6-12-4”. The order is always the same: the first number represents the percentage of nitrogen (N) present in the mixture; the second number represents the percentage of phosphorus (P) and the third represents the percentage of potassium (K) present in the mixture.

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