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Landscaping Impact on Life

In my opinion, landscaping does have an impact on the way a person approaches life.  When does it cross the line into pure luxury?  I guess that really depends on what a person’s concept of his or her own quality of life is.

Personally, I think a person who works hard in life should have at least a comfortable patio to relax in once in a while, one that has a couple of trees nearby, some flowers that come and go with the seasons to keep some

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interest in it and I don’t think it is going too far to have, perhaps, a small water feature to muffle the traffic noise if nothing else, not to mention a couple of comfortable chairs and the occasional bottle of wine.  I’ve also heard it said that avid gardeners tend to live really long lives on average since they are always looking ahead toward the future (“This sapling is going to provide shade here someday and those new roses I just planted are new hybrids that are supposed to have an unbelievable scent – I’ll find out in the Spring – I think I’ll try that new cross-bred citrus tree and find out if the fruit really is better than Navels.”)  This might be subject to test, but I do have several clients, very interested in gardening, who are well into their nineties.

I just thought I would write down a couple of thoughts on the matter since we have all been assaulted lately by the various media who seem intent on convincing us that wanting anything not absolutely essential is wrong.  I seriously doubt that any of those very reporters are planning to move into an old trailer anytime soon.