When I'm not building web sites for the company I work for, I like to relax my mind, body and soul with some gardening. There's nothing quite like a little gardening to help relax and massage one's mind. No schedules, no pressure and no annoying voices blabbering about constantly. Like a neighbor once told me, gardening can definitely save you from some trips to the shrink.

It's wonderfully fulfilling work and here are some other good reasons to do it yourself...

1. You'll get a nice workout.
2. You can meditate and flush out most of the mind-crap from the week prior.
3. You don't have to pay someone $50-70 per month to do it for you.
4. You learn a lot about proper face protection, but that's a whole other story. ;-)

Anyway, here is my first major yard project, a planter area for the front yard. I'll be adding more plants soon but, for now, I suppose this is a good start.

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After: