4 ms·
So this. I’ve consciously refused to install irrigation so I’ll have to go out to the garden and hang around there.
by avip 8y ago
So this. I’ve consciously refused to install irrigation so I’ll have to go out to the garden and hang around there.
- bonniemuffin 8y agoI've often commented that I'm glad I have to water the garden because it's an excuse to just stand around looking at plants. I don't like watering grass because grass is boring and requires a ton of water, so rather than install irrigation, I ripped out all the grass and planted more interesting plants. (Drought-tolerant xeriscaping is common in my area, so this isn't unusual.)
- reitanqild 8y ago> so rather than install irrigation, I ripped out all the grass and planted more interesting plants. Nice. A lot of local plants too?
- bonniemuffin 8y agoI don't think most of them are truly native to the area, but they're mostly cuttings of abuse-tolerant species that were growing well at friends' and neighbors' houses in the area.
- enneff 8y ago> just stand around looking at plants. Hard to overstate how good this is for one's mental health.
- TomVDB 8y agoWhen we bought a house with a pool, I did not keep the existing pool maintenance guy who'd come in every week for $100/month, and neither did I install a better pool vacuum robot. I love the 30min when I come home after work where I scoop leaves and various kinds of debris out of the water. Very relaxing.
- 0xfeba 8y agoHm, I had a pool once. Never again -- I felt like that's all I did was clean it, vacuum it, add chlorine tabs and clean the DE filter and destroy my lungs. I also don't really like plants, or the outdoors. I'd much rather be inside in the A/C. Working on my own coding projects doesn't bother me, even after coding all day long. Perhaps it's because I've been spending less time coding at work and more time managing...
- bonniemuffin 8y agoI'm pretty sure the part of my eye that processes tall green things and wide blue things is wired directly into the happy spot in my brain.