Are you overworked?Do you suffer from anxiety and occasional bouts of depression?Do you exercise?What do you do to keep your mind healthy and happy?Research has proved that being among nature, helps beat depression and anxiety.Gardening is actually an easy way to keep mind body green.
Gardening helps ..how?
- It’s physical exercise.One of the best cardiovascular workouts.
- Mental exercise
- Great for your soul
- Purifies indoor air
- Eco-friendly
- Grow your own food
- Unique home decor
- Help keep you happy
Plants are a great way to get rid of impurities in the indoor air and make it fresh.But many people worry about watering and light needs.
Are you one of them?Then I will tell you the solutions.
Solutions for Urban gardening problems
Space:
Window boxes, balconies.Indoor on your wall.Go vertical. Try creepers and climbers on a bamboo trellis.Looks green pretty. Needs less water and light for growing, flowering needs light though.
Have a problem with watering?
Check out these unique solution. Even the one below works fine.
Have a problem with Babysitting the plants when you travel?
Then you need a self-watering system.t.Check out all about it in this post on Indoor air pollution.
What about light for your plants?
There are several indoor plants, which need very little light to thrive.But if it’s a flowering plant some amount of sunlight will be needed depending on the plant .thats a problem? Don’t worry there are Grow lights.
Worried about plant food?
Try these.Is fertilizer a problem?Children at home?
Go organic.I use liquid organic fertilizer since some of the containers are pretty tightly packed.
Reuse kitchen water, don’t throw away the water used for washing pulses vegetables and even fish and chicken.All these contain several essential nutrients perfect for your plants.
Worried about insects and creepy crawlies?Choose your indoor plant with care and use organic pesticide and natural techniques to get rid of pests.
Do you want to know about DIY balcony gardens?Then you must read this.
If you want your own herb garden, if you just want green around you, if you want to add microgreens to your diet don’t wait.Get a one-time consultation about your balcony garden.
There is a lot of free advice available online.But how sure are you about its utility?
Do you really have the time to wade through thousands of sites searching for the one which will solve your problems?
Gardening is supposed to help you beat stress, not increase it.
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