Wow, Mary!
@fiwit when you put it like that! Even my husband likes me better when I play in the dirt - and you're right: of all the addictions & obsessions, passions & pursuits...even better than work!
I love this quote:
"There can be no other occupation like gardening in which if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling."
~ Mirabel Osler