6 way to improve your health through gardening

- It's good for your heart! All that digging, planting and weeding burns calories and strengthens your heart.

- Stress reduction. Gardening can help reduce signs of depression and anxiety. It gives you a chance to focus on something and put your mind to work with a goal and a task in mind.

- It makes you feel good. A healthy bacteria that lives in soil, can increase levels of serotonin and reduce anxiety.

-. Gardening can improve your hand strength along with strengthening muscles. All that digging, planting and pulling does more than just produce plants.

- Benefits for the whole family. Gardening can be a solo activity or an opportunity for building relationship with your family and friends.

- Boost that vitamin D. A healthy dose of vitamin D increases your calcium levels, which benefits your bones and immune system. Just don’t forget your hat, sun cream and water.