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​​Garden.True.North is about gardening in Zone 3,

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Gardening Exercise-Double Benefits

4/10/2018

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​I was reminded by an article by Olivia Heath in www.HouseBeautiful.com that gardening can be an exercise program.  A British TV gardener and a retailer created a program calculating that a recommended daily allowance for gardening of 30 minutes a day boosts physical and mental health.  In my viewpoint, not only will 30 minutes a day provide health benefits, but my garden would look a whole lot better.  It’s actually pretty genius to embrace that goal since it would meet my exercise goal and my gardening tasks with one action.  In other words, two check-marks on my daily to-do list.  

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April Calendar

4/3/2018

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​April is one of those months where winter continues or spring makes an appearance.  I’m anxious to get out into the garden but right now it is under 2 feet of snow.  As soon as that white stuff has melted there are a few things that can still be done.  Pruning dormant trees and bushes is tops on my list once I no longer need to use snowshoes to get to those plants.  This is also the month to start seeds.  Let’s get gardening.

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