A garden is much more than just creating a beautiful environment. It can be a way to save or even make money and, more than that, it can be a place where you can express yourself. For me, it’s a bit of all these things. I know it may sound strange for a 13-year-old girl to be interested in gardening, but I have always been and I would love to make a career out of it.
园艺不仅是创造一个美丽的环境，也可以是一种省钱甚至赚钱的方式，更重要的是，它可以是你表达自己的地方。对我来说，这是所有这些事情的一部分。我知道对于一个13岁的女孩来说，对园艺感兴趣听起来可能很奇怪，但我一直都是，我很想让它成为一份职业。

I have learned many things these past few years. I have been reading about and doing some gardening. So, here is my top advice about gardening. First, you do not need to spend a lot of money to have a beautiful garden. Some of the gardens that I think are the prettiest are just lines of plants. There aren’t many garden decorations and pathways. It’s just beautiful plants with fruits and vegetables. We can also find many useful things for free, from pieces of old wood to old pots and pans. Or, we can build things for free from materials that other people have thrown away.
在过去的几年里，我学到了很多东西。我一直在了解和做园艺。所以，这是我对园艺的最高建议。首先，你不需要花很多钱来拥有一个美丽的花园。我认为一些最漂亮的花园只是一排排植物。花园装饰和小径不多。它只是美丽的植物，有水果和蔬菜。我们还可以免费找到许多有用的东西，从旧木头到旧锅碗瓢盆。或者，我们可以用别人扔掉的材料免费建造东西。

If you just remember that planting what is more than you need will take the stress away of losing some plants, you will save yourself a lot of worry, too. Besides, you need to ask yourself which plants produce enough food to make them worth growing. I actually sat down and did the maths on that one this spring. It amazed me what some plants were worth. A tomato, for example, can produce £50-£150 worth of fruit. It takes up a lot of space but that’s a lot of money coming out of a 50-pence seed! So if I had known earlier what each plant could save us, I would have told my parents to fill our garden with different plants.
如果你只记得种植超出你需要的东西会减轻失去一些植物的压力，你也会省去很多担心。此外，你需要问自己哪些植物能产生足够的食物，使它们值得种植。今年春天，我真的坐下来做了那个问题的数学题。它让我惊讶于一些植物的价值。例如，一颗番茄种子可以生产价值50-150英镑的水果。它占用了很多空间，但一颗50便士的种子能带来很多钱！所以，如果我早点知道每株植物能拯救我们什么，我会告诉我的父母用不同的植物来填满我们的花园。

And finally, gardening doesn’t have to be all or nothing. But then I guess that’s more of a personality weakness than anything. I struggle with doing things a little at a time. Once I decide to do something, I usually devote every waking hour to it for a little while and then get tired. So it’s okay to just have one tomato plant, and it’s okay to have an off year. It will save you a lot of stress.
最后，园艺不一定是全有或全无，但我想这更像是一种性格弱点，我很难一次做一点事情。一旦我决定做某事，我通常会把醒着的每一个小时都花一段时间，然后就会累。所以，只种一棵番茄是可以的，休耕一年也是可以的。这会为你节省很多压力。