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Growing your own food improves food security! Food shortages are increasing and the cost of food is on the rise. Growing even a fraction of your own produce makes you more self-sufficient.
Growing your own food saves money! You will save thousands of dollars on grocery bills annually while improving the quantity and quality of foods you eat!
Growing your own food provides better nutrition! Most produce loses at least 30% of its nutrients just 3 days after harvest. Spinach loses 75 - 100% of its vitamin C content in 7 days after being picked. When you grow your own fresh food you get 100% of the nutrients.
Growing your own food can help prevent disease! Evidence shows fruits and veggies contain compounds that can help prevent cancers, heart disease, and stroke that vitamin supplements cannot replace.
Growing your own food improves the quality of food! You can grow thousands of varieties of fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and grains that you will never find in any grocery store. The variety in flavors, taste, and enjoyment of your food will skyrocket.
Growing your own food improves mental health! Prescribed medication for mental health issues has recently reached an all-time high. Gardening naturally promotes happiness. Contact with serotonin-boosting soil microbes and Vitamin D from the sun fights depression and anxiety. 
Growing your own food improves the environment! Homegrown food has a zero carbon footprint. Transporting food from farms to tables contributes 19-29% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Commercial agricultural production accounts for 80-86% of total food system emissions.
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Have you noticed? Interest in herbal medicine is skyrocketing.  As people grow sick of pharmaceutical side effects, we are consuming herbs like never before.Right now we are at a critical junction where we have a choice in how we continue working with plants. We can wipe out whole ecosystems as we fuel our need for herbs, with big agriculture and corporate marketing driving the conversationā¦ Or, we can become more integrated in our relationship with the earth. Our friend and herbalist Kami McBride just released a video all about this ā¦ Plant Communication Inspiration and Stories. Weāre excited to share it with you. 
If you want your herbal studies to contribute to the solutions rather than the problems, then you donāt want to miss this. >>> Click here for Plant Communication Inspiration and Stories. Whatās often missing from the herbal conversation is the importance of communicating with the plants themselves. Building deep, one-on-one connections with the plants is vital if we want to restore our relationship to the green world. Our GYOV community loves Kami  If you are new to her work, youāll definitely want to check this out! Hereās what a few had to share about Kami presentation in this yearās summit:āLove Kami!ā Leslie ā¦ āI love Kami and her oil class!ā Jaylene ā¦ āLove Kami!ā Athanasia ā¦āYAY KAMI!! I heard a presentation from her in 2007...so glad she is still working the soil!!!ā Kelly Grow Your Own Vegetables Team P.S. Pour yourself a cup of tea and get ready to be inspired. Watch the video here. |
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. It was an early frost this year here.
The green beans look great. My green bean plants did not do well at all- probably a dozen beans from 3 plants. I am not planting green beans or peas next year- both did horrible in my garden, waste of space for me.I went ahead and picked some green beans today, prolly gonna lose the many still too small, real shame cause the plants are covered with blossoms and small beans
But anyway here's what I picked
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enough for a meal though.
I have had friends ask why I grow green beans so late, well take a close look at the ones in my hand, well and the bowl too but absolutely No bug bites and I use NO Pesticides
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This is the first year that the weather caught me
Gorgeous. Those belong on the holiday table, not that gloppy green bean casserole made with canned soup and canned beans that turn to mush.I went ahead and picked some green beans today, prolly gonna lose the many still too small, real shame cause the plants are covered with blossoms and small beans
But anyway here's what I picked
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enough for a meal though.
I have had friends ask why I grow green beans so late, well take a close look at the ones in my hand, well and the bowl too but absolutely No bug bites and I use NO Pesticides
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This is the first year that the weather caught me
Thank you my friend, I was sweatin it on gettin any beans and have thousand or more small ones that are gonna die tonight, just to small to pick but gonna pick some anyway.
Most years my late green beans are a sight to behold, no bug bites and ABSOLUTELY NO PESTICIDES, bean usually get torn up by bugs if you don't use pesticides in the warmer weather.
Thank you my friend, yours did very good too, I am glad you gave it a shot
Me too- it was actually fun and great to see everyones reactions to my huge tomatoes,cucumbers, summer squash and egg plants and be able to share a lot of what I grew. I never expected my garden to do as well as it did!Thank you my friend, yours did very good too, I am glad you gave it a shot
You know that now the store veggies are gonna taste like cardboard
For sure- lol! I need to get canning and freezing supplies so I can eat my veggies thru the winter!
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Soil is at risk of going extinct! The United States has lost 50% of its topsoil, and worldwide, we have lost an astounding 52% of agricultural soils. Thatās over half of the cultivable soil on the planet. The way we are heading, 90% of earthās soil could be lost in the next 30 years. What does this mean for you?  A decrease in the quantity of food available. Our population is estimated to be over 9.2 billion by 2050, but with soil loss, food production will fall by 40%. A decrease in the quality and nutrient value of the food we eat. Today, it takes 8 oranges to get the same amount of Vitamin A that our grandparents used to get from just 1 orange. In the US, the mineral content in vegetables has dropped by 87%. A decrease in human longevity. Researchers are finding that the soil microbiome is as important to our longevity and wellbeing as daily exercise and a restful nightās sleep! An increase in droughts, floods, soil carbon emissions, water scarcity, and mass migrations. The carbon sink capacity of the world's agricultural soils is 50-66% of what it has been historically. By 2050, food and water scarcity may force more than 1 billion people to migrate to other areas and nations. An increase in food prices. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recorded the highest increase in food prices globally in March 2022 (over a 30% increase from last year).Thankfully, there are solutions. And solutions are exactly what the Future of Food Summit shares! >> Register to watch the Future of Food Summit for FREE During this epic 4-day Summit, youāll watch over a dozen conversations from food and garden experts including New York Times best-selling authors, activists, award-winning filmmakers, doctors, market gardeners, farmers, and more. David Montgomery and Anne BiklĆ©, authors of What Your Food Ate, discuss how the roots of good health start on farms. Dan Kittredge, Executive Director of The Bionutrient Institute, shares how to increase quality in the food supply. Precious Phiri, Regeneration International Africa Coordinator, teaches regenerative agriculture practices capable of being implemented around the world. >> Check out the entire speaker lineup and get your FREE TICKET here Join us and be a part of the global effort to build healthy soil!  Healthy soil improves food security! The ability to produce nutritious crops in sufficient amounts depends on maintaining optimal soil conditions. Healthy soil improves immune system function! Soil health means better human health. New research suggests that soil health influences disease prevention, gut health, and food nutrients. Healthy soil improves the environment! Soil removes about 25% of the worldās fossil fuel emissions from the atmosphere each year through carbon sequestration. Our soil can hold 42 to 78 gigatonnes more carbon. Restoring carbon to the soil will decrease extreme weather and improve food production. Healthy soil regenerates diversity! Soil health increases the abundance and diversity of microorganisms in the rhizosphere.Trust us, you won't regret registering for this epic event! Grow Your Own Vegetables Team The Summit is FREE but available for a limited time (November 4-7). If you miss the event or can't make it, donāt worry! You can purchase a Lifetime Access Pass that gives you unlimited lifetime access to the Summit. |
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Radishes have a hidden bonus they are very good for the liver and help protect it from diseases. I eat a couple radishes every day. You could grow those in a window in the winter too.
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āItās too late to start a garden this year.ā āThe first frost is coming, so my growing season is over.ā āIām going to harvest the last few tomatoes, and then my garden is done.ā 
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How to create gardening habits that really stick Why killing more plants is a sign of success What plants really want from you (itās not as much as you think!) Why āgrowing seasonsā are a myth that holds gardners back How your āgrowing zoneā can lead you astray (and what to look for instead) Staceyās proven system for making your garden better and better all year long How you can get started growing the garden of your dreams NOW Grow Your Own Vegetables Team
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My Guy is right along with me picking out plants/flowers...he loves going shopping for them....I'm Blessed
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