Late nights at work and growing food

I just got home from work and finished watering the plants.  It's 8pm.  It's hard to be a hard-working professional and grow your own veggies and cook from scratch - it is, I'm not telling you that this is easy-breezy.  But it's worth it.  We eat well and it's organic.  There's a sense of purpose and "doing good" for the earth.  It's also cheaper than buying organic produce at the store.  Yes, even with the expense of purchasing grow lights, seed starting mix and seeds.  We're saving money, preserving the environment, and reducing our risk of cancer and other pesticide and herbicide induced diseases.  And it's not that we're fanatics about this - we still go out to eat as much as we did before we started growing our own veggies.  (OK, that's not often, we might dine out once a month on average, sometimes twice a month.)  But we never have to buy veggies at the grocery store, and after a long day at work there's something that calls to you to care for it, prepare it...and relax.