Good for you, Stumpy! We have planted gardens for years. Some mobile home parks in the country have fields where people can plant gardens, you can plant in pots on a patio, or raised gardens are nice for the physically impaired to reach from a wheelchair or seat. We also have our own chickens and really yummy eggs. My friends call my chicken house, the "Chicken Condo" because I really like and care for my girls. They will follow me in the summer when I let them out of their big pen into more grass. We are getting enough eggs right now for us and our son and his wife and five little ones. Chickens are really easy to care for. I will be getting peeps again this spring. We raised two kinds of green beans, sweet peppers and hot peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, spinach, beets, sweet corn, etc. The time in my garden is my time, and I feel very peaceful out there away from the phone and the hectic part of life. I love our place in the country and my two old horses. One is now a pet because she is too old to ride. She is retired and spoiled. I am not a person who has to be entertained all the time. I like to go for walks, read books, ride horses, and care for them, work in the garden, can, freeze. There are so many ways we can spend time without spending money.