Why Garden?

More Podcast Than Video. Enjoy Listening.
00:00 - Why Garden?
00:18 - Tastes Better
00:54 - Easier?
02:02 - Cheaper?
03:22 - More to It Than Ease or Cost
03:42 - We're Built for It
04:34 - We Grow Our Values
05:01 - Taste
05:09 - Our & Our Children's Health
06:36 - Healthy Ecosystems & Planet
06:58 - It Connects Us
07:09 - to Our Family, Friends, and Neighbors
07:35 - to All Humans Who've Done the Same
08:23 - to the Best Sides of Our Humanness
09:34 - to Self-Sufficiency
10:45 - to the All Life on This Planet
11:24 - to the Cycles of Life and Death
12:03 - to a Way to Give Back
12:11 - to the Rest of Existence
12:30 - to Participating in Life
12:40 - to Feeling Properly Small
13:06 - to Other Parts We've Lost
13:35 - It's Our Heritage and Seared Into Our Beings
13:55 - Outro

[@gretchenstoehr3516]

So good! Thank you for putting into words all the reasons we start looking at seed catalogs when there is still a foot of snow on the ground! Thank you for reminding us that it is the taste of some thing from your own garden that surpasses anything you can buy anywhere, but also much more than that! The joy of working in the soil with another living creature in a give and take relationship is
always so rewarding! The truth is that it is an experience that goes beyond all of the above as you said! The sense of fullness and wholeness like no other! Thank you!

[@donf4227]

This is fantastic.
I suspect a lot of people start growing their own food for one reason, but then find two or three other reasons to continue to enjoy it.
I'm starting to grow my own food this year, largely because I like the idea of simply stepping outside for fresh food every day of the week.
A lot of the grocery store veggies taste good here in California, so I'm curious if what I grow will taste much different.

[@greenthumbgardeningsecrets75]

I really appreciate your comment, Don! Thank you.
Great to hear you're starting gardening this year. I get your reason. We often affectionately call our garden the "Grocery Store," as in "I'm going to run to the 'Grocery Store' and grab a pepper."
I hope it goes well. It seems the learning curve for anyone starting to garden is either incredibly smooth or incredibly bumpy. Don't be afraid to reach out to mentors (including me if you'd like) if it's bumpy. What you're doing is too cool to lose.
And let me know if you notice a taste difference. I'd be super interested to hear.