News — health benefits of gardening

A key theme of posts on our this week has been the link between gardening and good health. The theme began with the release of a report from the UK's magazine on the benefits ” both mental and physical ” of getting outdoors in the garden. While heavily UK-centric, it would appear that the findings of the study of 1500 adults living in the UK would apply to countries around the world. The study found that gardeners are less likely to experience depression and 80 percent of those who garden regularly felt happy with their lives. This compared to only...

One of the things I do to relax these days is annoy my kids with tales of "the good old days". Many the times their eyes glaze over as they indulge what is affectionately called one of "Dad's rants". The subject can be as varied as history, politics, music, or indeed anything that casts my mind back. However one particular recent rant was one about the "back to the future" in regard to gardening. My rant to the boys this time came under the topic of "there's nothing new under the sun" and was on the subject of the latest...