How To Start a Vegetable Garden

HOLA!

Today I want to take you on a little journey to my new vegetable garden. By all means, I am not a gardener; what I have learned is by trial and error.  
Plant that seed, trust the process and watch it grow.

Why a Garden?
Gardening is good for the soul. It allows you to connect with your grounding energy, First chakra- creativity, second chakra, and third chakra- trust. It allows you to practice patience and surrender to trusting the process of life.

What are the benefits of gardening?

1. Reduced risk of stroke
2. Burns calories
3. Stress relief
4. Improved immune system
5. Responsibility
6. Live in the moment
7. Free anger therapy
8. Sensory
9. Growing fruit and vegetables
10. Decreases osteoporosis
11. Reduced risk of dementia
12. Altered state of consciousness

 In this vegetable garden, 50% of the plants are started by propagating vegetables and 50% are from organic starters from the nursery.
Here are a few tips:

Lettuce

- Place leftover lettuce leaves in a bowl with a bit of water in the bottom
- Keep bowl somewhere that gets good sunlight
- Mist leaves with water a couple of times each week
- Once roots appear along with new leaves, transplant in soil

Celery

- Cut off bottom/base of celery and lay in a bowl with a bit of warm water in the bottom
- Keep the bowl in direct sunlight
- When leaves thicken and grow along
 base, transplant your celery in soil

Ginger

- Plant a piece of ginger root in potting soil and make sure buds are facing up
- Once new shoots/roots appear, it's ready to use

Cilantro

- Keep a few stems of cilantro and place bottom of the stem in a glass of water; leave the glass in a bright area
- Once roots reach a few inches in length, transplant in soil