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Having A Nice Garden Could Make You Live Longer, Study Suggests

It’s time to dig out your gardening gloves, because living among glorious greenery could actually make you live longer.

A new study has found that people living in an area rich in vegetation have improved physical and mental health.

As a result, those that have the most green gardens may have a 12% lower mortality rate than their city-dwelling counterparts.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/g ... d%3D450001

That does not surprise me, I love doing a bit of gardening.

That's good news, you can't beat a bit of exercise in the fresh air

Definitely ... When I was still in the house looking after dear Dad gardening helped me unwind, planning the flowers .. it was mowing the two lawns that I hated - the back garden was 47ft long ! -(about 10 ft wide)...

I think Gardening keeps me reasonably fit, I love being outside.

I would love to have a garden.
Only have a small back yard with a few tubs of flower pots.
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