Eat Healthy, Grow Your Own.

Do recalls of the produce you buy have you worried about the food you feed your family? Do warnings about pesticides have you concerned about the safety of the food you buy? Maybe you’ve wished you could afford to buy organic fruits and vegetables in order to have a healthier lifestyle.

Now you can address all these concerns, thanks to the generous donation of two greenhouses to Charlotte ReStore.

There are countless benefits to having your own greenhouse. The wonder and worry about what chemicals you are ingesting will fade away since you will know exactly what was used for soil, fertilizer, and food. Since the plants will be protected from predatory animals, birds, and bugs you won’t need to use any potentially harmful pesticides to protect your growth.

The cost of growing your own fruits, vegetables, and plants is minimal compared to making these purchases at a grocery store or nursery. The cost of a few small seed packets, fertilizer, and soil is small when compared to fighting traffic to drive to a store, wasting gas, paying for an overpriced tomato and driving home. Imagine being able to save all that time and money by walking to your back yard to grab the perfect tomato for putting on your sandwich, or that perfect cucumber for your salad.

Other benefits of owning your own greenhouse include being able to nurse your own decorative landscape plants and trees in a controlled, protected environment. Charlotte’s climate and soil is great for growing many decorative trees, such as fig, dwarf cherry, crabapple, and many variations of pear tree(Plants reported to grow well and around Charlotte, NC.) When growing such fragrant plants outside many animals will damage, if not ruin, these trees before they start to mature. The greenhouse will allow you to control the climate and provide a shelter from harmful animals and the sporadic rare frost that settles on our area.

Add to all these benefits the satisfaction you’ll receive from nurturing your own plants. The therapeutic benefits of gardening are well documented, ranging from stress reduction to providing light exercise to the mental gratification of providing your family with food you’ve grown with your own hands.

So if you are looking for a way to eat healthier, save gas and money, landscape your yard, pick up a new hobby, make decorative bouquets that can easily be shared with friends and family, or looking for a quiet refuge after the hustle and bustle of your stressful days, consider a greenhouse and all of its benefits.