| Gardening is one of those subjects that brings me as much joy and satisfaction as developing and shipping productive software to real customers. There is no greater feeling than to have fed ones family direct from the house garden, or to have raised ones children to understand and appreciate the rewards of cultivation of renewable resources, plants, in their own lives. Every single human being should have a plant that they take care of, regularly, and participate in its life. No matter if its an avocado pit growing in the window, or a field of leafy greens, the care of plant life is a very rewarding activity. We eat from our garden daily for 9 months of the year, and this year had the pleasure of seeing our last season's crop of mangold survive winter, rejuvenate, and provide us with ample harvest. Gardening is a lot like programming, though. If you don't take care of the base layers, you may find yourself with a broken framework and need to refactor. Just like programmers should know their compiler - gardeners should know their compost. The better the compost, the better the garden .. |