Get This Garden Started

Vegetables fresh from the garden taste better and are the best source of the vitamins and minerals we need to be healthy. More fresh vegetables and fruits help our heart health, blood pressure and help prevent cancer, according to Harvard Medical School, the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association.
Gardening can be a form of moderate to strenuous exercise. It combines all types of exertion such as aerobic, strength training and stretching. Gardening can also be a form of stress relief. Getting outside and being in the natural world for a time can lower depression and anxiety symptoms and cortisol levels.
Books
If you’re a first time gardener check out these beginning gardening books.





Master Gardeners
Get expert advice from the Shawnee County Extension’s Master Gardeners through their response line and at library events. Their next event is Thu, March 7, 7 -8 pm, Marvin Auditorium 101B when they will talk about Community Gardens 101. See the full list of Master Gardener library events. They also offer many other services such as plant sales and a sick plant clinic.