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Why do we garden?

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I think there are many reasons why some of us choose to garden and I’d love to hear what you can add to my list, and your reasons for adding them.

I began my small garden with the hopes of growing vegetables and fruits in my yard. Not only to cut down some of the cost of purchasing food for ourselves, but also to provide my family with the freshest and most nutritious food items that I could. There is nothing like eating a freshly picked tomato is there?

Another reason why I like to grow some of my own food is that I know exactly what it’s been exposed to. Nothing.

I don’t use chemicals on my garden, and because my fruit and vegetables are picked and eaten fairly quickly under very sanitary conditions I know that, unlike some of the fruit and veggies that are sold in the grocery stores (spinach and strawberries for example) that my produce is free from food borne contaminants such as e-coli.

Another reason to garden is that it’s good exercise. Particularly for the obsessed like myself. When I get out in my garden, and I’m in the mood to work, I can be out there for 8 or more hours at a time. I come inside and I’ve earned the right to be tired. I sleep better. I feel a little bit healthier and my muscles get a work out too.

Moderate gardening for one hour can burn 300 to 400 calories!

Exercise is good for the bones too, so therefore gardening helps reduce osteoporosis.

Another reason I enjoy gardening- besides having so many lovely flowers and plants to enjoy eating and or looking at, is that my garden relaxes me. The act of gardening is good for my soul. It puts me at peace with the world even after the most stressful of days.

Gardening also gives me another area to entertain friends and family too. What better place to gather for a nice meal and some good wine with friends than in a lovely garden. Now that’s living.

Why do you garden?






Asbestos is still being used in manufacture of products

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Have you been exposed to asbestos in your job or perhaps in your old home?

There is a cancer called Mesothelioma that is most often seen 30 to 45 years after exposure to asbestos in 70% to 80% of all cases. This cancer affects the lining of the internal organs when cancerous tumors develop on the mesothelium (lining of internal organs). This used to be a rare disease, now it only considered uncommon.

We’re supposed to be working towards eradicating cancers, but newish ones like Mesothelioma are cropping up due to environmental exposure to harmful substances.

It wasn’t until the 1960’s that warnings about exposure to asbestos, mainly to workers in the construction industry were issued. Unfortunately Asbestos manufactures knew about the dangers at least 20 years prior to the warnings being issued.

Did you know that, even though the dangers of asbestos exposure are well documented today that over 3000 items are still manufactured with asbestos?

This information just makes me angry. So many companies and manufacturers are careless about the products that they use. If it can save them money to continue using a product that could be dangerous to consumers they don’t seem to care.

If you are as angry as I am, and if you, or someone you know has worked in an industry where they’ve been exposed to asbestos for two or more months in their lifetime you might want to visit this site that gives detailed information on starting a Mesothelioma Lawsuit and what you need to do if you’ve been exposed.

I need new contacts for my dry eyes

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My eyes are so irritated from lack of sleep and dry air that I’m not even wearing my contacts lately.

I keep trying to remind myself that I need to get new contact lenses. I haven’t purchased lenses in more than a year and It’s beginning to be a desperate situation.

I still have a stock pile of single day use Ciba focus lenses, but I don’t find that they are as comfortable for me to wear in the winter months. The lenses are thin and dry out easily, particularly in my dry furnace heated home. I think the medications that I’m on also make my eyes drier so I need to find eye contacts that are a little bit thicker and don’t dry out easily.

I’ve had Discountcontactlenses.com bookmarked for a while now. I’d like to purchase the Ciba Focus Night and Day lenses from them. I purchased some a year ago from an Optician specialty store and they were the most comfortable lenses that I’ve ever worn.

If I buy them from Discountcontactlenses.com I can get them for as low as $36.39 a box if I purchase 4 boxes. That’s a great price. I don’t think that I can find a lower price anywhere else.

If you need to replace your contact lenses you should check out discountcontactlenses.com to see if they carry your favorite lenses. They probably do as they seem to carry all of the major brands and styles from what I can see.

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