With extra time at home, now is the perfect time to get your garden projects going. Research shows that getting your hands dirty, whether in a backyard garden or keeping herbs on a porch, can help alleviate stress and disrupt anxious thoughts.
Home & Garden Projects For Sheltering In Place
Starting a Garden
Gardening is a great way to release tension, have access to fresh food, and beautify your backyard or a sunny windowsill. It literally just takes a seed, and most anyone can do it, say Deb Habib and Ricky Baruc from Seeds of Solidarity.
Making Your Own Compost
One way to deal with leftover produce waste is to compost it. Watch this step-by-step video by permaculture expert Connor Stedman to learn how to create your own compost pile at home, quickly.
Saving Seeds
Want to diversify what you're growing in your garden? Learn more about seed saving in this interview with Ken Greene, cofounder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library.
Creating a Rain Garden
Watch participants from Omega’s 4-week Ecological Literacy Immersion Program create a rain garden—then make your own at home.
Creating Homemade Body Cream
No need to run to the store for body lotion when you can join clinical herbalist Dina Falconi for a quick demo on how to make an all-natural body cream at home, with a few tools you probably already have in your kitchen.
