My family were city folk. Nobody gardened. I feel a little cheated I didn't have that but then I think of all I did get from my parents and grandparents and I think "I wasn't cheated at all. I got plenty from them."
From my grandparents I got a sense of pride in a good days hard work. From my father I got a love of music and physics and science fiction. From my mother I got the need to protect others. From all of them I got the simple joy of getting through life and standing up for what is right. I got the big mouth that our family has and can't keep it shut when something needs to be said. Everything I am I got from them.
Gardening is a bonus.
