Gardening is a great way to reduce your impact on the planet. Most vegetables on the grocery store produce rack have an enormous carbon footprint. There are some great books out there on organic gardening. I recommend anything written by John Jeavons or Eliot Coleman.
Gardening is certainly not as easy as picking a tomato off a grocery store rack. It takes some planning and consistent effort throughout the growing season to plant, maintain, and harvest a garden. The effort can be very rewarding though. Most of us could use a little more exercise in our lives, and gardening exercise beats walking around the neighborhood for hours on end with nothing more to show for the effort than worn out soles on your shoes.
