You will be rewarded in many ways – financial, spiritual and physical - when you choose to plant your own backyard vegetable garden. Once you eat some of the vegetables that you planted and nurtured with your own two hands and discover how tasty they are, you will never want to eat store bought again. Best of all, your garden will likely produce more vegetables than you could possibly eat so you could share the bounty with your friends, which makes for a tasty gift!

Vegetable Reward #1

One of the best rewards of a backyard vegetable garden concerns the savings you will receive at the grocery store when you don't have to pay their exorbitant pricing on their fresh vegetables. Your vegetables will be so fresh and tasty that you could pull them up or pluck them from the vine as you need them. This element is not something you will come close to in a grocery store retail chain as those vegetables are sometimes picked a few days before they are ready due to the ripening process during shipping.

Vegetable Reward #2

The second reason why a backyard vegetable garden works is it could become an entire family affair, a project everyone could work on for some quality time together. Jobs could be split up between the adults and children and the children could learn about the growing process and how to tell when the vegetables are ready to be picked. In addition, children who would normally scoff and turn their noses up on vegetables may actually eat what they grow – and with enthusiasm too! Therefore, the health of your family will get a great boost from the vitamins and minerals cultivated in your backyard vegetable garden.

Vegetable Reward #3

One of the best things about a backyard vegetable garden is the fact that sometimes, it produces more than you can eat. You could share the excess with your friends or learn how to can or freeze them for future consumption. If you choose to freeze or can your excess vegetables, you could essentially end up with "fresh" vegetables virtually all year long! Most people prefer eating their own bounty from their backyard vegetable garden even frozen or canned in comparison with the paler fresh vegetables you may find off-season in the grocery stores.

When fresh and healthy is the name of the game in your family, a backyard vegetable garden is the best scenario for your family. Cruise your garden center's vegetable seed and plant aisles and start planning your garden today so you'll have fresh vegetables in the future.