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For those of us needing additional reasons to convince your spouse or loved one to consider a greenhouse kit this year, let me offer up a few health-related benefits you can use to persuade the reluctant gardener in your life. I have a bad back, and gardening in the ground has become increasingly hard to do over recent years. But now I can stand erect at a potting bench or watering table where my crop is growing bunches of strawberries, carrots and lettuce, and not feel even the slightest twinge from having to strain or bend over.

That’s not to say I don’t get any cardio exercise now, because I do. I still lift bags of potting soil (more properly now, of course) and mow the yard like I have for decades. In fact, my hobby greenhouse was so much fun and such good exercise to put up, I volunteered to help another friend put his up this weekend.  But the hard, back-breaking labor is a thing of the past. And that’s a healthy thing for me, not to mention the benefits of growing and eating your own organic produce, or the mental health benefits of being engaged in a rewarding hobby.