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": "Hi. I love gardening, it really is great exercise."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes it is and back breaking!  Urban agriculture (gardening) reflects different ways of social and economic develpment."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Are you currently growing any crops this season?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Just a community garden locally. There are a wide variety of ways to do such gardening.  Even in a city."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It really is possible to grow crops anywhere these days. Even in a busy city. What plants/veg do you find most satisfying to grow?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Tomatoes have always been my favorite to grow.  This year in the community garden we are distributing the food to the elderly and disabled."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is a great thing to do! Its always good to spread any crops. what tips do you have for tomato growing?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "My best advice is to make sure the soil doesn't ever get to dry. Also urban agriculture isn't just gardening. It's also beekeeping, horticulture, animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry"}]