Gardening

NutmegYankee

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11. Its a chance to disconnect from the technical world.

Tue Mar 30, 2021, 09:18 PM

Mar 2021

I'm an engineer often sitting in front of 3 monitors for work or sitting in front of a gaming computer at home.

Gardening allows me to connect to the natural seasonal cycles and I find immense relaxation and enjoyment when working soil and tending plants. I always had an enjoyment of plants and nature and almost went into environmental engineering. I switched to mechanical as I was also very mechanically inclined and I knew it would provide a better income. However the nature itch is always there, and camping, hiking, and gardening scratch the itch.

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sharing a reply to a thread about why people garden- [View all] mopinko Mar 2021 OP

Yes, yes, yes, gardening ties me to the earth and provides such a feeling of joy and ratchiweenie Mar 2021 #1

Gardening has never appealed to me. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #2

I am from the earth... MiHale Mar 2021 #3

Love this reply AKwannabe Apr 2021 #13

For me. The quality and taste is *waaay* better than what I can get at the market. Pobeka Mar 2021 #4

I like to get dirt under my fingernails. marked50 Mar 2021 #5

I mostly garden to create beauty. SharonClark Mar 2021 #6

Gardening ties me to my mom, to the earth. lark Mar 2021 #7

very much ties me to my da. mopinko Mar 2021 #8

All of the above reasons. 2naSalit Mar 2021 #9

it works on a deep, deep level. mopinko Mar 2021 #10

Its a chance to disconnect from the technical world. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #11

there's always something to do onethatcares Apr 2021 #12