i like to garden.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use. Gardening is considered by many people to be a relaxing activity. Gardening ranges in scale from fruit orchards, to long boulevard plantings with one or more different types of shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants, to residential yards including lawns and foundation plantings, to plants in large or small containers grown inside or outside. Gardening may be very specialized, with only one type of plant grown, or involve a large number of different plants in mixed plantings. It involves an active participation in the growing of plants, and tends to be labor-intensive, which differentiates it from farming or forestry. Forest gardening, a forest-based food production system, is the world's oldest form of gardening. Forest gardens originated in prehistoric times along jungle-clad river banks and in the wet foothills of monsoon regions. In the gradual process of families improving their immediate environment, useful tree and vine species were identified, protected and improved while undesirable species were eliminated.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I really like to garden but my plants this year have not done very well. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm sorry to hear that! I wonder what happened to them? I love gardening, it's so relaxing!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I think maybe we have actually had too much rain. My tomatoes got spots on their leaves, and I also think the birds or squirrels have been eating my stuff!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Those rascals! Is your garden specialized, only growing one type of plant, or do you have a variety of mixed plants?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have a variety of plants, all things to eat and cook with. I have several kinds of tomatoes, plus peppers, snap peas, tomatillos, and several kinds of herbs!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Wow! I want to come visit your garden! Ha! Do you grow the plants directly in your yard or do grow the plants in large containers? "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I grow them in large containers at the end of my driveway, which is right by the door from my kitchen.  So when I'm cooking, I can step right outside and get a little sprig of something. I have a ton of basil right now. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'll bet it tastes so fresh! I'm jealous! I live in a condo, so I don't have a yard to garden in. I'm going to look into putting a few plants on my balcony, patio and porch! I think I can squeeze a few in."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, you should! It's amazing how much you can do on a balcony. You can even get \"patio tomato\" plants that have been bred for small spaces. Try it! "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Thanks for the tip! I will definitely look into it! I'm excited to get more into gardening and cultivating plants!"}]