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Older gardeners reap healthy benefits

November 24, 2010   •   

We are approaching the new year and the resolutions that come along with it. Maybe that exercise you have been promising for years can be found in the garden? Consider this story today from UPI:

A Dutch researcher says gardeners of all ages reap healthy rewards’ besides produce, it improves health and well-being in the elderly.

Read the full story here.

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