Regarding lifestyle choices. I grow fruit for many reasons. One of the reasons is that my dad was a big gardener. I want my kids to have the same experiences that I was blessed with.
One of the advantages of growing food, even one tomato plant, is that you can grasp the basics of the entire venture. Water and compost (or commercial fertilizer) make the plant grow. Sun makes the fruit sweet. Air flow keeps the rot away. Staking the plants keeps the fruit off the ground, away from the slugs. The Enron embarassment would not have happened if corporate accounting was as transparent as the cause-and-effect of growing tomatos, and if the consequences of stupid decisions was as quick and ruthless tomato hornworms or slugs eating 'maters.
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