Re: How Gardens Improve Your Mental Health

There was a study done a few years back (U of AR I think) that said
weight lifting and gardening were the two best forms of exercise for
maintaining good bone density in middle aged folks and beyond. I thought
that was interesting also. Will have to check this article you
mentioned.

thanks!

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: kmrsy@comcast.net
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:43:38 +0000

>Well Josh, I don't get the WSJ, but I believe gardening is not only good for 
>your physical health, but does wonders for one's mental health.  
>Coincidentally, the WSJ can inflict physical harm......After my divorce and 
>after finally getting him to move out a few months later, he said he was done 
>moving all his stuff.  I said, "What about your collection of WSJ?"  Well, he 
>didn't want them if HE had to move them.  The closet was full of old WSJ and 
>some NYT.  Mind you, this was the largest closet in the house.  I finally got 
>the boy scouts to come get them, but I pulled a muscle in my back getting them 
>out to the garage.  However, the improvement to my mental health of getting rid 
>of all those newspapers was just what I needed.
>
>Kitty
>> Great story in the Wall Street Journal today (page D1) reporting on research
>> linking gardening to good health.
>> 
>>                                                      Josh Haskell
>> 
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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