By spending just 30 minutes a day connecting with nature you can achieve many things, including boosting your health and vitality.
In the garden you can grow food packed with nutrients, connect with nature and improve your emotional and physical well-being.
These are some of my favourite things to do…maybe create a list of your own and share with others !!
Here’s a few inspiring ideas to get you out into the garden and enjoy nature…
- Propagate 20 new plants
- Grow Superfoods
- Pot up a plant for a friend…or two!
- De-stress your body & mind
- Sheet mulch a weedy garden
- Make plans for new gardens & what to grow
- Install a bird bath
- Create a new pathway
- Plant 30 seedlings
- Meditate…Aahhh
- Sow 4 different types of seeds - try Parsley, Kale, Celery or Cucumbers
- Plant medicinal herbs
- Strengthen & tone muscles
- Harvest a meal
- Smile !!!
- Connect with the Earth
- Re-pot indoor plants
- Grow flowers
- Watch birds
- Increase serotonin & improve dopamine function
- Plant 4 shrubs
- Burn Calories/Kilojoules
- Reduce stress hormone, cortisol
- Plant a tree…or two!
- Create a secret garden
- Plan a holiday
- Sing !!
- Create a compost pile
- Apply fertilisers
- Cut a bouquet of flowers
- Feed worms
- Eat lunch
- Read a book
- Play a game
- Enjoy a pot of herbal tea
- Hang out with family & friends
- Harvest fruit
- Tidy the shed
- Create a vertical garden
- Cut down a bunch of bananas
- Mulch gardens
- Paint some pots bright colours
- Make a succulent garden
- Relax with a magazine
- Have a nap…
If you need some inspiration to find time for gardening, listen to my podcast episode here.
And join the ‘Soil to Supper Facebook Club’ to ask questions, share what you grow and connect with other like-hearted gardeners.
Would you like to feel more confident with growing fresh food and your health?
Learn Online with me! Join our FREE courses, Savvy Gardener and Grow Health Courses HERE.
Enjoy !
Cath
© cath manuel 21 february 2014
