{"id":9937,"date":"2014-02-27T21:36:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T21:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2014-02-27T21:36:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T21:36:28","slug":"gearing-up-for-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/e\/gearing-up-for-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Gearing Up for Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s snowing outside, 18 degrees with a wind chill that makes it feel even colder.\u00a0 Why am I talking about gardening-right?\u00a0 This is the PERFECT time to start planning your spring garden!\u00a0 Get your children involved too!<\/p>\n

Gardening with children can have so many benefits.\u00a0 They learn where their food comes from.\u00a0 When asked where their food really comes from, many children state \u201cthe grocery store!\u201d\u00a0 Watching plants grow and tending to them from seed to the table is a big thing, and children are very proud of what they can grow!<\/p>\n

Eating more produce is another benefit of gardening, as children are more likely to eat what they grow! If they have planted and watered and weeded, they are more likely to try lettuce or beets, or green beans.\u00a0 More fruits and vegetables eaten by your child equals a healthier child!<\/p>\n

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Gardening is exercise\u2014and relaxation.\u00a0 Gardening gets all of you outside and moving\u2014lifting, bending, pulling, and planting.\u00a0 All great exercise.\u00a0 It is also very relaxing.\u00a0 Quietly pulling weeds or watering may calm a busy day!<\/p>\n

Now you\u2019re thinking\u2014I have no room for a big garden\u2014maybe not\u2014but how about container gardening?\u00a0 Grow a tomato plant in a pot\u2014or some fresh herbs.\u00a0 Lettuce can even be grown in a long container.\u00a0 Have your child go to the local home and garden center with you to pick out a packet or two of seeds.\u00a0 If you have a bigger garden, you can start seeds indoors now to transplant outside later.\u00a0 So start thinking about your spring garden.\u00a0 The worst thing that will happen is that you have lots of produce to share with your friends and neighbors!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 It\u2019s snowing outside, 18 degrees with a wind chill that makes it feel even colder.\u00a0 Why am I talking about gardening-right?\u00a0 This is the PERFECT time to start planning your spring garden!\u00a0 Get your children involved too! Gardening with children can have so many benefits.\u00a0 They learn where their food comes from.\u00a0 When asked where their food really comes Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,790,45],"tags":[49,50,319,168,169,883,238,51,604,564],"class_list":["post-9937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e","category-i","category-g","tag-children","tag-exercise","tag-exercise-and-kids","tag-fruits-and-vegetables","tag-gardening","tag-gardening-with-children","tag-health","tag-kids","tag-produce","tag-tomatoes","cat-42-id","cat-790-id","cat-45-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/blog2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9937"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9947,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9937\/revisions\/9947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}