No way! I live to garden, and I'm not just talking about mowing the grass, though I even like that. I wish I had more yard. I talked to a neighbor about possibly buying her vacant lot which is so close to me. I can't afford her price by any means and she is patient to wait for someone to come along who can pay her price. However, she told me she is open to letting me garden on it. So in my mind, I have been landscaping it (with lots of edibles!) ever since the end of last summer. I have done all the gardening for another neighbor for 13 years now, even buying the plants, seeds, and other supplies. Oh, I also keep a little welcome garden at the entrance to our street, on public property. When the city planted trees on the street's wide median parkway, for two years I watered the ones that my hose could reach. Few of the trees survived that did not get that small attention. My dream is a riverside property where I can grow walnut trees, or pecan trees if I have to go further south.
Gardening is good exercise when done as I do it, without power equipment. It is great for me mentally and spiritually as well. I am Buddah when in the garden. It was great when my son was young, as he learned so much science working in the garden with me as I explained things to him. I only wish it were more of a social thing nowadays. I wish there were someone who wanted to work alongside me.
When we bought this house, we were buying the yard as much as the house. It had to pass my standards for gardening. I would be very sad if I had to pay someone to garden for me. Unfortunately, I have sometimes had to just wistfully look out the window as I have a back problem that has sometimes kept me from even the simplest garden tasks. But I figure that work is one of the main sources of my health.
That sad, I have a few times paid someone to mow my little yard. When someone who was very informally trying to make money mowing and who seemed to very much need the work,knocked on my door, I have paid them to do it.
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