Store Bought Food vs Garden Grown Food
The Convenience Vs The Inconvenience
Consuming food from the store is more of a convenience compared to growing a garden in our own backyard. However, there are benefits in any of the decisions we make in where we get the food we eat. It all depends on how well it will suit one's life.
Buying from the store has it's own advantages:
1. Convenience
With convenience in mind, going to the store takes only little time and they are mostly well package to attract your eyeball from buying. The meat always look good with how you can see what is in the package, with price tag, expiration date and neatly lined up with the rest of the meat varieties you can choose for tonight's dinner.
2. Lots Of Selection
You will never run out of varieties to choose from while standing in front of vegetable section because there is too many to choose from. Although, this can be a headache sometimes.
3. Reason To Go Out
Now you got another reason to go out and stroll. We all love to keep moving but in a very comfortable way. Going to the store or mall is very relaxing. You get to socialize, maybe meet new friends and feast your eyes with what's new these days.
4. Save Time
I count saving time is the best advantage of going to the store and buy the food to cook for dinner. See, I can plan the menu for the weekend, go to the store and buy all the needed ingredients for the whole week. That means, more time in front of the television! Yey!!
5. Less Work
With all the work done for you, the food is ready to go, cleaned, packaged and all there is to do is pay for it, go home, cook it and enjoy it.
Now, let's talk about disadvantages:
1. Pay The Price
With convenience in mind, comes the price too. The people doing business has two things in mind - to serve the people by way of providing and get paid for services rendered. Now, you wonder why it cost more to buy a ready to cook salmon? Think about that...
2. Shop For More
While in the store, you might end up buying more than what you planned to buy simply because it is there, on sale, or you were feeling generous that time. Discipline is the key here.
3. Wear Out Your Car
Remember that every time you use your car, it depreciates. Actually, I forgot to include the gas expense for going to the store and wearing out the car which is not really much. However, keep in mind that a penny will amount to a dollar if you keep adding pennies.
4. Less Activity
Being convenient can lead to having a less active life because it is easily done. With inactivity, I don't know how it will affect you but for me, I became lazy!! All I want to do is sit and relax which is wonderful feeling of pampering myself, then wake up from that wonderful feeling that the dishes are still unclean...
At least, there are more advantages compared to disadvantage in buying food from the store. This section will be focused on growing our own garden with lots of work to do and less convenience. Let's start with the comparison
Disadvantages:
Takes A Longer Time To See The Results
1a. Preparing the soil or place
This is hard work, dirty and sweaty. There is so much to do in preparing the soil especially on grounds that are less fertile. Different plants have different needs. There is a lot of reading to do and hand work too. The same thing goes with raising your own meat supply like sheep, chicken, or cow. They need a good place to stay, keep warm or cool depending on what season may bring.
2a. Planting, watering and weeding
It gets better after preparing the soil. More work is coming your way. Planting the seeds or little plants will be easy. Watering takes time unless you equipped your garden with drips, soaker hoses and timer. It will take a lot of time to water the plants everyday or depending upon the need of the plant before you will enjoy the tomatoes. While you water the plants, the weeds grows twice as fast and need to be weeded.
3a. Harvesting and storing
Well, if you planted too much for a meal's portion, you need to store it in several ways like canning, freezing, drying or build a root cellar which can cost lots of money.
2. No Reason To Go Out
Now, you don't have a reason to go to the store to buy the food. The food is in your own garden. You save time going to store, save a few bucks on fuel, and save your car from working hard a little more. This is actually an advantage except for being housebound. Urgh!
3. Less Selection
You can only plant depending on how much space you have available for planting. The weather plays an important role in determining what to plant too. Some people forgo their lawn and plant a garden instead because of the health benefits. Just enjoy the garden you have.
Advantages will be:
1. Eating fresh
The good thing about planting your own garden is being able to eat fresh and enjoy the great flavor and heavenly taste of food. My taste bud couldn't be happier, connecting to my smile muscles, to my heart muscles and on and on... It will taste soooooo good, I tell you based on experience.
2. Eating Healthy
With food from your own garden, you can be assured that they are healthy for you. Freshly picked vegetables taste sweet and full of flavor when prepared with care and packed with nutrients that is beneficial to our body. No pesticide and fresh too! Need I say more? Heard about the phrase "Health is wealth"? With a good health, it will save you a lot on medications too.
3. Live fully
Be full with energy, patience, and love. As you grow your own garden, you learn a few things about plants and add knowledge. That energy comes from within, will make you healthier and a sound mind. The plants, no matter how dependent they are to the sun strives to survive with the help of you who showered them with time, water and touch. Planting a garden teaches us the virtue of patience. There is a time for everything to seize, like my encounter with a raccoon. With patience, it helps us understand more of love - look into our hearts, loving life with patience and understanding even more. No matter what the trouble is in our life, life is still good to love.
4. Save money
Everybody loves to save money, who doesn't? Save money and enjoy fresh food. What could be better than that? Money is the last thing you would think when it comes to health as Health is wealth itself.
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