Show HN: Vegetable Gardening for Engineers

> I am currently exhibiting overwhelming stress from deeply technical work being part of my every day life, and feel I am missing the 'nature' element of life. What should I do?

The brain responds:

> Gardening! A wonderfully complex system that will just 'live' without me! A delightful escape!

The brain asks:

> Yes, gardening! But how? There are so many variables! What are the parameters? Where is the specification outlining the success criteria? What defines a living organic system?