Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Perla Sofia, who gardens in Puerto Rico. Perla encourages people to grow plants to benefit their health and well being.
Perla shares more about gardening for health through her business, Agrochic, in Spanich, and on her blog, My Garden Break, in English. And we discuss her new book, ¡Verdura! Living the Garden Life, and all the ways we can improve our lives through plants and gardening.
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Resources
Visit Perla’s Spanish website here, and her English site here
Follow Perla on Instagram, Facebook, and her Pinterest account
Get Perla’s book here
Some of the plants Perla mentions in our conversation:
- Soursop – for eating and health benefits. Eat it fresh or blend it into smoothies. Or make a frozen limber dessert.
- Pennyroyal – learn to grow it here
- Passion fruit – a prolific vine that grows in warm-winter climates easily.
- Tabebuia rosea – Rosy trumpet tree
- Breadfruit – (pana) an unusual fruit grown in tropical climates
Check out Perla’s talk this Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Great Grow Along
Want to hear more about gardening for health? Listen to our podcast with Dr. Jeff Pierce
Explore the health benefits of gardening in Perla Sofia’s book and bring more peace and tranquility into your life. Try the projects (especially the barefoot garden) and see how it makes you feel.
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