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Growing tomatoes or anything really, is the perfect counter balance to working on a computer. I've solved many issues while removing suckers from tomatoes or spraying neem to ward off mold and pests.

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Growing anything is like that. Except lawns, which drive you insane. When you manage to get the majority of a meal out your own garden it is very satisfying.

Which is why I dug my lawn up and planted potatoes :)

They are excellent to grow - only recently stumbled on the system where you keep heaping soil on their greenery to force more growth. It's amazing when you dig them up. Your giving me ideas.

Yeah that works a treat. Requires a good stock of compost though which is a bit hard the first couple of years.

Agreed. My wife is a huge gardener and I often get roped into helping her with a variety of tasks. Bed building, tilling, planting, weeding, watering, all of it!

It's a very nice compliment to sitting my ass in an office chair 6 hours a day.

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