HOME GARDENING

From the garden to the dinner table having your summer bounty feed your family is a major gardening achievement. However, is home gardening becoming less of a hobby and more of an economic necessity?

Gardening at home is a fun and rewarding experience. Growing beautiful flowers, including and especially roses, in one's yard or patio, even indoors, is a pleasurable pastime and need not be as difficult as some would say.

It's time to head outside, put on your new Crocs and play in the garden. Visit these local farms and greenhouses for seeds, plants, flowers, hanging baskets and more.

A well maintained and properly planned home garden can even supply with additional food and medicine.

Hot gardening trends in Spring 2011 include home grown veggies as cash-strapped produce loving gardeners show an increased interest in growing organic food at home.

Gardening is an activity that requires a "living education" of sorts as you gather knowledge about how to help plants grow and thrive. It also offers life lessons that apply to our lives.

Fresh vegetables are delicious and nutritious, but how do you grow them if you have limited space? Here's a great method for mobile home owners, that will keep both you and the landlord happy.

Not only is gardening at home fun but it is good for you. Fresh fruits and vegetables will do more for your health than you know. Good exercise, good food and good family bonding time. 43 million Americans are gardening at home.

Gardening is physical activity. But is home gardening good exercise? Some people's bodies ache after gardening. But this doesn't mean it should qualify as "exercise," even though it will lower blood pressure.

Ventura is fortunate enough to be an area with several great nurseries and other gardening retailers. Check out the locations reviewed in this article and you're sure to find the plants and tools necessary to grow a garden, decorate your home, or spruce up your yard!