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Digging Into Wellness: How Gardening Grows a Healthier You

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Gardening is more than a hobby—it’s a natural way to nourish both the body and mind. Growing your own fruits and vegetables makes it easier to enjoy fresh, nutrient-rich produce picked at its peak, while spending time in the garden connects us with the living world around us. Healthy garden soil contains diverse communities of beneficial microorganisms, and our interaction with natural environments may support a healthy relationship with the microbes that live around and on us. Gardening is exercise, too. Digging, planting, weeding, lifting, and walking through the garden…

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