08/04/2022
“Gardening builds strength, promotes sleep, and helps you maintain a healthy weight
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Trusted Source says gardening is exercise. Activities like raking and cutting grass might fall under the category of light to moderate exercise, while shoveling, digging, and chopping wood might be considered vigorous exercise.
Either way, working in a garden uses every major muscle group in the body. This fact won’t surprise anyone who’s woken up sore after a day of yardwork.” (Seed, Soil, and Sun: Discovering the Many Healthful Benefits of Gardening, Rebecca Joy Stanborough MFA, June 17, 2020)