Reap These Benefits of Gardening: Save Money on Groceries!

Fresh, organic, flavorful produce for the picking as you need it!

Have you noticed how much fresh produce adds to your grocery bill? Lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, and fresh herbs can really add up, especially when you're trying to eat healthier by going organic. What if you could grow some of those groceries yourself?

If you live in the Phoenix area, November is a wonderful time to get started! While much of the country is putting gardens to bed for winter, Arizona gardeners are enjoying one of their best outdoor growing seasons.

Grow Your Own Grocery Savings

One of the simplest ways to make gardening pay off is to grow the produce you buy most often. Maybe there are greens you want, but consistently have to be thrown out before they get eaten. Herbs can be pricey too. Perhaps you want to enjoy flavorful, vine-ripened tomatoes or strawberries which cannot be found at the store. These are great candidates for growing at home.

Having a garden, you can harvest only what you need, reduce the amount of packaged produce that goes to waste, and can enjoy fresh ingredients steps from your kitchen. Imagine coming home late from a vacation, too tired or too much to do to go to the store, and you have all the fixings of a fresh salad waiting for you to help you get back on track from all that eating out!

You don't need a large backyard, a “green thumb,” or even need to prepare soil and weed traditional garden beds to make it happen, either!

Consider a Tower Garden!

If the lack of space, good soil, or the time, knowledge, or the desire to do the physical work it takes for traditional gardening is a concern, a Tower Garden may be a solution worth considering.

A Tower Garden is a vertical aeroponic growing system that is like plug and play. Add water and a mineral solution designed to supply what our bodies need to the base, pop in seeds or seedlings grown in rockwool or coco coir in the ports, and plug it in. A Tower Garden will do the watering and fertilizing for you in just the right amount.

Its vertical design allows you to grow numerous plants in a relatively small footprint, making it ideal for patios, courtyards, and even indoors if you prefer! Harvesting is much easier on the back too.

Some of its advantages include:

• Space-saving: Grow multiple plants vertically.
• No soil required: No digging, tilling, weeding, or dealing with poor garden soil. And if there should be a freeze warning, just roll it under the patio for protection!
• Water efficient: The recirculating system uses 80% less water than conventional gardening.
• Bountiful: Plants can get started earlier and will grow later in the season, grow faster, and can provide more of a harvest than those grown in the ground.

It's a practical way to bring fresh food production steps from your kitchen!

Now Is the Time to Get Growing!

Here's the exciting part! November is an excellent time to plant cool-season vegetables outdoors in the Phoenix and East Valley areas. Our mild fall and winter temperatures create wonderful growing conditions for many of the vegetables we enjoy eating.

Consider these options that one can grow in an outdoor Tower Garden now:

Leafy Greens & Fruit

• Lettuce
• Spinach
• Kale
• Swiss chard
• Arugula
• Strawberries

Herbs

• Parsley
• Cilantro
• Chives
• Mint
• Dill
• Fennel
• Thyme

Other Vegetables

• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Peas
• Radishes
• Bok choy
• Cauliflower
• Scallion

Leafy greens and herbs are especially good choices for a Tower Garden because they're frequently used in salads, smoothies, and everyday cooking. Many can also be harvested repeatedly as they continue growing. Do you love strawberries? Tomatoes (their season starts in January)? Vine-ripened is bursting with flavor! If you prefer, you can have an indoor model to grow whatever you want year round!

A Tower Garden offers interest-free payments so one can quickly realize savings on groceries that cover the cost. You can grow anything you’d like that is not a large root vegetable, bush, or tree. Your actual savings will depend on what you grow, how much you harvest, and how consistently you use it. It is made from food-grade plastic designed to last over a decade. Think of it as an investment in convenience, and the enjoyment of growing something yourself.

There's something especially satisfying about serving a meal with vegetables and herbs you've grown yourself! Fresh-picked tastes best because it is most nutritious!

Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits. — Psalm 103:1-4

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