Gardening for an Improving Lifestyle

For beginners there is so much to discover about gardening, and as seasoned gardeners often relate, a great deal to appreciate and enjoy. Certainly, as part of a lifestyle we can benefit from gardening: fresh, nutritious food, exercise, enjoy rewards for effort, enjoy relaxation, and continually be learning.

With the rise in interest in gardening, it is easier to obtain knowledge these days about window and sunroom gardening, balcony gardening, container and raised bed gardening, and larger scale production for those who enjoy living more independently and sustainably. No wonder gardening has become a most common national pastime.

As an avid food gardener, I encourage anyone to do any or all of the above. I admit it. I am somewhat of an enthusiast. Those of us who have gardened in the past can attest to the fact that one becomes better at it with each passing year. I have been eating delicious kale, swiss chard and winter broccoli during the winter months (here on the coast), despite some frosty nights. Now, as the days grow warmer, those slow growing winter crops are beginning to pick up speed. And, of course, its time to plan for Spring and Summer crops. Tomatoes are starting indoors. Soon cucumbers, squash and a variety of greens will be started for transplanting into the greenhouse and later outside. Can we almost taste the fresh produce?

For the raw food connoisseur, gardening even in small spaces is such a good way to help ensure a ready supply of salad materials and other foods of choice. It is encouraging that there is so much information online these days, good books to read and gardening networks to tap into. Let's all make it a healthier, more interesting growing season to whatever extent possible and take advantage of the expanding wealth of knowledge and choices available for enhancing lifestyle by food gardening.

Your for health,
Stephen Cochrane

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• Eating Food Naturally
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• Sun Stands Still - Summer Solstice
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• A Great Start for Beginners - www.living-foods.com/articles
• Why All Should Eat Only Raw Foods Always - Dr. Bernarr
  
• B12 - Gabriel Cousins, MD
• Troubleshooting: Avoiding or Overcoming Problems in Raw and Living Foods Diets
• Transitioning to a Healthy Raw Diet, the Easy Way - Doug Graham
  
• Food Combining Chart
• The End of Cooking? - Lynda Strahl (www.veg-world.com)
• The 21 Steps to Success - Robert Reid (1998)
  
• Overeating - Ray Kent
• Principles of Raw Cuisine - Charlie Trotter
• Blank - Author

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• Curing Gallstones - Herbert Shelton
  
• Fasting, Sunshine, Pure Eating, & Love - Ray Kent
  
• Detoxification - Ray Kent
  

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• The Starburst of Life: Biogenic Foods (Growing Sprouts and Indoor Gardening)

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• List of Fruits
• GMO Foods
• How to Open a Coconut
• Raw Cacao by Frederique Patenaude
• About Dehydration Temperature Setting

Free Books Online:

• Soil and Health Library - This is a specialist library about holistic agriculture, holistic health and self-sufficient homestead living. Most of the titles in this library are out of print. Many are quite hard to find. Here are a few by Shelton:
  • The Hygienic Care of Children - Herbert Shelton
  • Natural Hygiene: Man's Pristine Way of Life - Herbert Shelton
    
  • The Hygienic System Vol. II - Orthotrophy - Herbert Shelton
  • The Hygienic System Vol. III - Fasting & Sunbathing - Herbert Shelton