Reduce your carbon footprint : Every time you get your vegetables from your garden, you reduce the amount of packaging involved, the pollution it might have done when it is being transported from a far away place.
Freedom to choose what you want to eat : Even a simple vegetable like tomato has 3-4 different varieties, but your vegetable vendor has limitations to provide you with those, buying from a grocery store might be expensive. When you grow vegetables in your balcony garden, you are free to choose any variety to suit your taste.
Quantity : Every time you are tossing a fresh salad, getting crispy leafy vegetables from your garden gives you a chance to cut as much as you need without worrying about how to store the remaining bunch.
Health and Nutrition : Growing vegetables at home provides you control over growing medium- without harmful pesticides and chemical fertilizers. The produce you grow in your balcony garden is far more nutritious than the one that has travelled a long distance and in process has lost its nutrition on the way.
Therapeutic : Gardening as a hobby relieves stress, anxiety and depression. The time you spend with plants brings you closer to the nature and improves your mental well being.
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