We think back on the old wood cook stoves, women in bonnets, men in straw hats and washing jars from daylight to dark. The work is not always easy and the sun can take its toll on the body. However, according to one associate with the Appalachian Regional Studies Center at Radford University, the rewards are so great the work is worth it.
People say it's therapeutic and it is.
It just makes a circle in our lives. A garden is the cheapest food source and it's better for you. Minick also believes that organic gardening is certainly not anything new to society. Less or no use of chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides is how the older generation gardened. Gardening, like everything else, requires commitment to the product.