Everything that takes the mind off of all the stress of contemporary life.

  • elephantium@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What about playing FTL? :)

    I’m with you on everything except gardening. It sounds appealing in the abstract, but then in the spring it turns into “ugh, too much to do” and “ugh, gotta get up early to water” in the summer.

    Actually…what DID get you into gardening in the first place? Maybe there’s something to it that I’m missing.

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      2 days ago

      Ayy you got the reference!

      I started because I wanted to grow Thai holy basil which I was struggling to find in stores, extended to different varieties of kind of pricey hot peppers, then a few flowers to keep it looking nice. I’ve had a few bad seasons over the years that made me almost quit but at this point it would feel weird to not have a garden to take care of.

      The maintenance can occasionally be a pain but it’s sometimes nice to have a good reason to get up early. It only becomes too much work if I get greedy and take on too many plants at once. I try to keep it to a small and manageable amount, and choose plants that don’t require a lot of care.