Gardening is a substantial means for you to connect with your environment.
Gardening provides a living example of the workings of the natural world.
Gardens are an example of sustainable living.
Gardening is beneficial to the earth and the gardener.

A small garden can provide most of the vegetables your family needs. Where space is limited, small herb gardens can be placed on a balcony or in a window.  There are many plans to planting and mataining a garden. Civilization began when mysteries of the world humanity sought understanding in the planets and stars. The moon with its regular pattern of waxing and waining was the primary focus of farmers.  The schedules of planting and working the soil based on the phases and astral location of the moon have support in the modern world. (example or ibid link).