{"id":9004111223101678,"date":"2018-02-08T20:23:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T20:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging.healthcoachinstitute.com\/?p=2132"},"modified":"2022-03-04T18:24:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:24:07","slug":"6-steps-growing-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthcoachinstitute.com\/articles\/6-steps-growing-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Steps To Growing Your Own Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are many tiers to the eating-your-greens-and-growing-your-own-greens pyramid.<\/p>\n

At the very bottom,\u00a0tier 1,<\/strong>\u00a0there\u2019s the person who eats no veggies at all and declares war against greens. Usually this person will boast about being able to survive on a sure-way-to-coronary-heart-disease fries and soda diet.<\/p>\n

One tier up on\u00a0tier 2<\/strong>\u00a0there\u2019s the person who resolves to eating their annual dose of veggies at Thanksgiving dinner and it\u2019s usually mash potato with tons of butter and cream or pumpkin laden with syrup.<\/p>\n

Tier 3<\/strong>\u00a0is the person who eats their veggies, just like mama told them to, but buys non-organic bulk greens that have been sitting in a giant plastic sealed packet for most of their lives and taste pretty much like green cardboard or airplane food.<\/p>\n

Tier 4<\/strong>\u00a0people shop for produce in the organic section of mega supermarkets or smaller stores that look bright, fresh, green and wet because they get watered a lot in the store. If it\u2019s a reputable store, it\u2019s likely great produce.<\/p>\n

Tier 5<\/strong>\u00a0people swear by organic, non-GMO, pesticide-free fresh produce at their local farmer\u2019s market (if you live somewhere where there is a farmer\u2019s market) that has likely been picked a day or two before (sometimes longer) and is pretty darn fresh as can be.<\/p>\n

Tier 6<\/strong>\u00a0people go all the way. Not everybody wants to and not everybody does but these people have a back yard or front yard or roof deck or community garden where they have allocated enough space to plant their greens (and live in a sunny enough place where their greens will grow). They\u2019ve educated themselves on gardening; and harvesting their own greens is their passion. They do it for the love of greens!<\/p>\n

Now you can definitely jump between tiers on different days or at different times of your life but as a Health Coach<\/span> who encourages great health for your clients, please don\u2019t sell yourself short by selling out to tier one, two or even three. You can do way better than that. And, it\u2019s not as hard as you think. You do, of course need the right conditions such as enough sunshine, enough water and fertile soil for things to grow but if you have all that, you\u2019re halfway there.<\/p>\n

Right now is also the perfect time to start planning your spring greens BTW!<\/p>\n

Here are 6 simple steps to growing your own greens!:<\/h3>\n