With all of our modern day technology you would think we could remote control the gardening work - robotic lawnmowers, strimmers, hedge cutters.
Just sit back with a nice cool drink and push a couple of buttons.
Then again, where would be the fun in that? Missing out on the backache, blood, sweat and tears - and that's just opening the garden shed.
Allowing our bodies to tell us we've done a hard days' graft - something to be proud of
Ho-hum.