Scientific reasons for starting a garden in your backyard?

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I am writing a paper trying to convince you to start a garden in your backyard. But what seems kind of hard, is that I have to list 10 scientific terms why this would be good to do. I need your help, this is due tomorrow..[i know i waited until last minute] and this only has to be a page long, but i figure if im listing 10 reasons then ill have about 12 paragraphs.

I have to list reasons like...

*it would help the carbon cycle
*it would help the nitrogen cycle
*it helps the energy pyramid
*it helps food chains/webs

and i know it looks like i have enought information, but i really have nothing!
Make sure you give specific scientific reasons!
 
plants produce oxygen in the day and carbon dioxide at night they create a cooler environment when the plants are eaten by other animals us or birds because the plant is not genetically modified it will not increase our chances in gene defect or mutation
good luck
 
Um, there ARE no scientific reasons to plant a garden.
Having your own food on hand it good, as is replenishing the soil with the good nutrients.
If you want to convince someone to start a garden, start with the fact that having a garden is a wonderful way to save money AND grow your own food.
How about a paper one how having your own garden is GOOD for you?
 
Cuts down on greenhouse gases from freighting if you don't have your food arriving from across the country in a truck.
 
Transporting food from place to place uses a lot of fossil fuels, and that could contribute to global warming. If you grow some of your own food in the back yard, you can just pick it and bring it inside with your own two feet.

Plus, if you're not going to use the space to play in or whatever, a lawn is kindof a waste of space. It's not a really good habitat for wildlife or anything. You spend all that time mowing it, watering it, and raking it, so why not get something back for your effort? Why not use it to grow some of the food that you will need? Not sure how scientific that is, but it's a reason.

Edit:

Oh, here's another reason. Apparently bacteria that live in the dirt are good for your mental health. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/66840.php So maybe digging in the dirt will make you happy.
 
lmfao! you can always tell if someone's actually grown a garden...

sorry, been growing gardens all my life.... you wouldn't understand the very thing you're talking about.


:D

you can't convince someone to start anything, unless they want to do it, first of all.. AND..

long before you were born, long before your parents were born... grandparents.. so on.. people were growing gardens...

everyone in my hood has a garden.. why would they need your assistance to provide one?

lmfao! folks.. this is the whole "going green" generation which has no idea what it is to go green in the first place.

tah.
 
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