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Growing organic food is one important way to avoid at least some of the toxins and health treatening chemaicals that we are exposed to these days.

To protect the crop from the plant diseases caused by bugs, fungi and micro organisms, conventionally grown food is routinely sprayed with various toxins

The bad news are that the toxins used are not only harmful to the pests they are intended to combat, but to many other living organisms, and among these humans.

The toxins reach our bodies in various ways. To some extent they remain in the plants that are sprayed, which means you actually eat them when you eat the food (yummy!). Unfortunately, the chemicals also trickle down into the ground water. And we use water to drink, when we cook and maybe we water our own crops with it. If the farmers spray their crops when it is even slightly windy, the chemicals will also spread through the air.

Depression, cancer and hyperactivity are some of the effects all these chemicals might have on the human body. As I’m sure most people are aware they also threaten the wildlife of our planet, slowly diminishing the number of individuals and species. All this makes it an easy decision to avoid the chemicals whenever you can.

Growing organic food seems like a pretty good idea after this, right?

Is it difficult then, to grow your own food? No, it is most certainly not. But as with all things you set out to do, it helps if you have a genuine interest and actually enjoy, at least to some extent, working in the garden. You also need to learn some basic steps to get it right.

Children are often willing to get engaged in the garden, but perhaps not in every chore there is. To sow the tiny seeds, and then watch them sprout and grow fascinate most children. And what a joy to harvest the vegetables or pick the flowers you sowed some weeks ago! Mom or dad can do the weeding and the watering, right?

To be able to serve your near and dear ones healthy, fresh food from your own backyard makes all your efforts worth while, don’t you think?